Heartburn Symptoms are the DANGER Signal

Statistics indicate that some 15 million people in the US suffer from heartburn symptoms every day, with over 60 million Americans experiencing such symptoms every month. This shock information means that heartburn is one of the widest-spread medical problems in the western world.

Heartburn is characterized by a sensation of burning in the chest or the throat, frequently accompanied by a taste at the back of the throat of bitterness or sourness. Although healthy people may infrequently get heartburn, when it is persistent (twice a week or more) it is then considered to be the sign of a medical problem known as acid reflux or, in full, gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The disease of gastroesophageal reflux happens when the lower esophageal sphincter or LES (a circular muscle that is the valve at the junction of the esophagus and the stomach) fails to shut properly, allowing stomach juices to flow back, or reflux into the esophagus. When this refluxed contents from the stomach meets the lining of the esophagus, heartburn happens. The contents of the stomach are a combination of digestive enzymes, acid and other matter than can corrode the esophageal lining to cause burning and pain.

While heartburn is the most frequent symptom of acid reflux, it is not the only GERD symptom. Further typical symptoms of gastro esophageal reflux disease include: s syndrome of indigestion, recurrent dry cough, chest pain that comes on like a heart attack, changes in voice, hoarseness, a sensation of a lump at the back of the throat (also called globus pharyngis) and ear pain (referred to as otalgia).

Not only are there the typical symptoms, but neglect of acid reflux can develop into different complications of which some can be very severe. For example, GERD left untreated can turn into peptic stricture, which is the narrowing of the bottom of the esophagus from injury and scar tissue. The effects of peptic stricture are usually problems in swallowing and a feeling of food stuck at the bottom of the throat. For those reasons, sufferers of peptic strictures often avoid eating and may lose weight.

A further serious complication of acid reflux is Barrett's esophagus. As the esophageal lining is recurrently attacked by the leakage of stomach acids, the human body attempts to protect itself by growing the same type of cells as the ones in the intestinal lining (Barrett's esophagus condition). Such tissue helps to alleviate heartburn symptoms. However even if Barrett's esophagus is anodyne, one in fifty patients then suffer from a fatal form of cancer known as esophageal adenocarcinoma issuing from that process. Men over 45 having experienced heartburn symptoms for over 10 years at the most at risk of developing cancer.

Temporary relief may be achieved for GERD related suffering from prescribed or over the counter medicaments which target the acid production in the stomach to try to relieve heartburn. Nonetheless, this solution for heartburn tends to ignore the fundamental internal causes of acid reflux.

The many dimensioned condition of Acid Reflux is brought on by several hidden factors, including lifestyle and environmentally connected factors, diet patterns, genetic characteristics, excess of acidity and toxins in the circulation, poor digestion and so on. For this very reason, medicine that only tackles the symptoms of GERD will almost certainly fail to bring any long-term effective solution for sufferers of acid reflux.

Were you aware that your painful symptoms of heartburn could be fully and wholly eradicated by following a holistic, all-natural therapy? This type of remedy combines the right changes in lifestyle and specific changes in diet together with the use of particular vitamin and herbal supplements allied with detoxification and Candida control protocols.

The holistic approach alone will allow you to get rid of your acid reflux from the root causes and permanently stop it from coming back.




Jeff Martin is a medical researcher, certified nutritionist, health consultant and author of the #1 best-selling e-book, "Heartburn No More- Open The Door To an Acid Reflux Free Life". Jeff has written dozens of holistic health articles and has been featured in ezines and print magazines, as well as on hundreds of websites worldwide.

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