Heartburn uull kik in whn u lie dwn to sleep, ill after a hv meal.
Yu wake u in the middle of th night with a fir in ur thrt nd a ur taste in ur mouth. A blob f something vil up frm your stomach nd u have to spit it ut.
Aftr you get rid of it, your throat feels r nd u sound hr when you tlk. Smtim u trt to cough or your chest sounds whz.
What u hv xrind is hrtburn... which has nthing t d with ur hrt.
It hn whn tmh id, whih u u to digest ur fd, flw bk int your hgu (th lng tub between your muth and ur stomach). Th id irritt and burn th lining f ur oesophagus nd throat.
Evrn experiences some hrtburn nw and thn. But it can bm hrni, i recur constantly. If you xrin heartburn a few tim a week, it i likl you hv gtrhgl rflux disease, thrwi knwn in hrt as GORD (r GERD if u r Amrin).
The hrni nditin huld b trtd with riun fr vrl vital rn.
Wht hrni id rflux (GORD) does t ur bd
Th constant bkflw f stomach id int your hgu n ld to:
[1] Dntl problems... stomach acids in th muth can wreak havoc n tth nml, requiring mr tri t th dentist than usual.
[2] Voice nd throat rblm... tmh id in the thrt n u hrn nd lrngiti, and vn hng in th vi. Hwvr these rblm tend t resolve easily whn GORD is treated.
[3] Asthma ... studies hv fund tht u t 80% f tint with asthma l hv chronic id reflux. Whthr asthma u GORD or chronic heartburn u asthma is not knwn, but m mdil intit r of th opinion that acid tht bk u frm th tmh can get int the airways nd damage thm.