Almost everyone has heartburn at least once in his or her life. The strange GERD symptoms are the ones that get to us. Heartburn is a normal rite of passage. East too much, drink too much, load up on spicy food and you’ve got it in spades. Thankfully, it’s gone by the next day and you are ready for the next round.

On the other hand, for a large chunk of the population, heartburn is a chronic problem invading their lifestyle every day and making them miserable because of the pain and discomfort. In chronic cases like this the medical term for this malady is gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD. In a normal gastrointestinal tract, food is eaten, slides down the food tube (esophagus) and shows up before the muscle guarding the stomach. It is a sphincter muscle and it is supposed to open in only one direction - into the stomach, but for some people this guard is weak or relaxed and food particles dripping with gastric acid and powerful enzymes, reflux or back up into the food tube producing a 5-alarm food tube fire. The guard was asleep at his post. The barrier failed and acid reflux GERD wins […]

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