Gastro Esophageal Reflux
Heartburn, also known as gastric reflux or indigestion, happens after you eat and food is in your stomach. In the stomach, food is broken down by acids. Usually these acids stay in your stomach because a valve blocks the acids from going up the esophagus. Sometimes this valve doesn't work properly because the muscle weakens. When this happens, gastric acids can travel up the esophagus and cause a burning sensation -- this is heartburn. When these acids travel up into the mouth and then down...
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From Our Sources
Esophagitis
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Esophagitis is the inflammation of the esophagus (the muscular tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach).The two principal types of... Read more »
Acid Reflux Complications: Symptoms & Erosive Esophagitis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Black raspberries protect againt esophageal cancer
Black raspberries may help prevent acid reflux symptoms from becoming cancerous, a new study suggests. Researchers in Ohio gave Barrett's esophagus... Read more »
Infant Acid Reflux, Infant GERD
Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) occurs when stomach contents come back up into the esophagus (the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach) during... Read more »
Acid Reflux (GERD) and the Esophagus
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a condition in which acids from the stomach flow back up into the esophagus (an action called reflux).... Read more »
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