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Health Encyclopedia: Acid Reflux Causes
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Causes
Anyone who a large amount of acidic foods can have mild and temporary heartburn. This is especially true when lifting, bending over, or taking a nap after eating a large meal high in fatty, acidic foods. Persistent GERD, however, may be due to various conditions, including abnormal biologic or structural factors.
Malfunction of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) Muscles
The band of muscle tissue called the LES is responsible for closing and opening the lower end of the esophagus and is ess...
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Expert & Community Posts
Dr. Eisner Answers Your GERD Questions: Swallowing Difficulty
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...stop there. You may have a motility disorder of the esophagus, where abnormal contractions of... Read more »
Ask the Doctor: Dr. Eisner Responds to Selected Community Questions.
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...times, stomach contents will regurgitate into the esophagus. The diagnosis of gastroparesis... Read more »
Dr. Eisner Answers your GERD Questions: Should I Consider Surgery?
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...fundus of the stomach completely around the lower esophagus. The surgeries are being done more... Read more »
Ask Dr. Eisner: "Could it be throat cancer?"
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...breathing. Should I ask the doctors to look at my stomach/esophagus? You certainly should... Read more »
Dr. Eisner Q&A #10
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...Question #4: I have heard of patients who, once the esophagus has healed, have changed their... Read more »
Health Guide
Acid Reflux Complications: Symptoms & Erosive Esophagitis
...may develop over time. They can include the following:Erosive esophagitis (severe inflammation in the esophagus).Severe narrowing (stricture) of the esophagus.Barrett's esophagus.Problems in other... Read more »Alcoholism: Complications
...gastrointestinal tract. Violent vomiting can produce tears in the junction between the stomach and esophagus. Alcoholism poses a high risk for diarrhea and hemorrhoids. It increases the risk for... Read more »Eating Disorders: Complications of Bulimia
...extreme weakness, near paralysis, or lethal heart rhythms)Irregular periodsSwallowing problems and esophagus damageForced vomiting causes repetitive assaults on the esophagus (the food pipe) from... Read more »Peptic Ulcers: Diagnosis
...ulcers:GERD. About half of patients with GERD also have dyspepsia. With GERD or other problems in the esophagus (food pipe), however, the main symptom is usually heartburn, a burning pain that... Read more »Adult Asthma Causes
...both due to common factors.Heartburn is a condition where the acidic stomach contents back up into the esophagus causing pain in the chest area. This reflux usually occurs because the sphincter... Read more »
Medications
...damage done by stomach acid to the swallowing tube (esophagus) and help healing. Metoclopramide... Read more »
Related News
Surgery-Free Treatments for GERD
January 22, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Two non-surgical treatments may bring relief to patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The painful condition is... Read summary »
Acid Reflux: Stopping Cancer Before it Starts
June 11, 2007CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- More than 60 million Americans have acid reflux disease. It's not serious for most, but the condition... Read summary »
Freezing Away Cancer
September 14, 2007BALTIMORE, Md. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Many people think of heartburn as something that's slightly uncomfortable. But for some people, it can... Read summary »
Statins May Prevent Blood Clots
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Napping Hurts Recovery
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