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Heartburn

Heartburn is a painful burning feeling in your chest or throat. It happens when stomach acid backs up into your esophagus, the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach.

If you have heartburn more than twice a week, you may have GERD. But you can have GERD without having heartburn.

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  1. Heartburn (National Library of Medicine)  
    Heartburn is a painful burning feeling in your chest or throat. It happens when stomach acid backs ... your mouth to your stomach. If you have heartburn more than twice a week, you may have ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/heartburn.html - Health Topics
  2. Heartburn - what to ask your provider 
    ... process is called esophageal reflux. It can cause heartburn, chest pain, cough, or hoarseness. Below are questions ... provider to help you take care of your heartburn and reflux.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000225.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Heartburn 
    Heartburn is a painful burning feeling just below or behind the breastbone. Most of the time, it ... Almost everyone has heartburn at some time. If you have heartburn very often, you may have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Normally when food ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003114.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Gastroesophageal reflux disease 
    ... GERD can irritate the food pipe and cause heartburn and other symptoms. ... use Lying down within 3 hours after eating Heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux can be caused by or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000265.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Sodium Bicarbonate 
    Alka-Seltzer® Heartburn ... Sodium bicarbonate is an antacid used to relieve heartburn and acid indigestion. Your doctor also may prescribe ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682001.html - Drugs and Supplements
  6. Heartburn Video 
    ... as pizza, may cause a person to feel heartburn. Although the name may imply the heart, heartburn has nothing to do with the heart itself. Heartburn is pain felt in the chest by a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/anatomyvideos/000068.htm -
  7. Taking antacids 
    Antacids help to treat heartburn (indigestion). They work by neutralizing the stomach acid that causes heartburn. You can buy many antacids without a prescription. Liquid ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000198.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Gastroesophageal reflux disease - children 
    ... reflux. GER can irritate the esophagus and cause heartburn. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a long-lasting ... back up (regurgitation), or perhaps vomiting. Reflux and heartburn . Younger children may not be able to pinpoint ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007688.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Heartburn prevention (image) 
    Heartburn is a condition where the acidic stomach contents back up into the esophagus causing pain in ... meal can help reduce the reflux which causes heartburn. Continuous irritation of the esophagus lining as in ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9384.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Gastroesophageal reflux - discharge 
    ... and spaghetti) if you find that they cause heartburn. Avoid items with spearmint or peppermint. Other lifestyle ... remember to ask if it will make your heartburn worse. Try these tips before going to sleep: ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000197.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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