Other names: heartburn

Heartburn, or heartburn, is a special kind of pain felt like a burning sensation and pressure for the lower part of the sternum. Its cause irritation of the esophagus when it re-enters into the highly acidic stomach contents.

In the short term sometimes penetrates the stomach contents into the esophagus almost all of the people only if it is frequent and raises difficulties talking about gastroesophageal reflux disease.Sometimes gastric juice can penetrate up to the mouth. This process is called regurgitation and is especially dangerous at night when the stomach contents can seep into the respiratory tract.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease can also cause an increase in cavities (acidic pH damaging the enamel), nocturnal cough to asthma, or hoarseness.

Heartburn is an unpleasant nuisance which appears especially after eating certain foods – especially fried and fatty foods, over black coffee, alcohol, but smoking also increases the likelihood of the disease. Heartburn is also more common during pregnancy, and obese people. For some people with reflux disease manifests itself especially at night when lying down.

Heartburn limit the regime measures, especially not to eat at night, neležet after meals, avoid foods that cause the problem of black coffee and alcohol, etc. Your doctor may prescribe medications called antacids that reduce the acidity of the stomach and protects the mucosa of the esophagus.When persistent heartburn, your doctor may be examined endoscopically gastroenterologist (a doctor looking through the mucosa of the esophagus using an endoscope introduced through the mouth into the esophagus). Gastroesophageal reflux disease is liable to cause inflammatory changes in the esophageal mucosa, ulcer, but may have to be called Barrett & apos throat, esophagus with altered mucosa with increased susceptibility to cancer changes.