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The acid reflux disease is caused by high acidity in your stomach and the back flow of it up into the esophagus. The tissue in your chest and throat is not used to the high levels of acid and get burnt causing issues such as heartburn and laryngitis.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoThink you may be predisposed to acid reflux disease if you were born with a lax lower sphincter that keeps acid from leaking back upwards to esophagus.
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What is the acid reflux disease symptom?
The acid reflux disease symptom has to do with the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) which is basically a ring of muscle at the entrance to your stomach. If the LES doesn't close all the way or opens too often, acid from the stomach can move upwards and cause problems such as burning chest pain. This is the acid reflux disease.
What is upward flow of stomach acid into the esophagus called?
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is the upward flow of acid from the stomach into the esophagus.
What is GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)?
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, or GERD, is another name for heartburn, which is a chronic condition. It occurs when the sphincter of the esophogus, going into the stomach, allows some stomach acid to rise into the esophogus, and irritate the tissue there. It is a very painful, damaging, condition.
What is severe acid reflux?
Severe acid reflux can lead to esophagitis. The esophagus is the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach. Muscles in the lower esophagus normally prevent stomach acid from coming back up into the esophagus, but when a person suffers from mild, moderate or severe acid reflux, the muscles do not stop the acid from entering the esophagus and this stomach acid can cause pain and inflammation of the esophagus, which is caused esophagitis. Managing acid reflux disease is all about preventing acid from leaking back up into the esophagus.
Can acid reflux disease be transmitted?
No. Acid reflux is not contagious nor is it hereditary.
How can I have acid reflux if I don't have a stomach?
No stomach creates it.
What is the disease associated with acid reflux?
Stress can be a factor with this + my wife tells me I eat too quick!
What causes excess of stomach acid?
Acid Reflux
What is acid reflex disease?
Acid Reflux or Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a condition in which the esophagus becomes irritated or inflamed because of acid backing up from the stomach. The esophagus lies just behind the heart, so the term heartburn was coined to describe the sensation of acid burning the esophagus.
What is the medical abbreviation meaning acid reflux?
GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) is the abbreviation meaning acid reflux.
What is the medicine omeprazole?
Omeprazole is a proton-pump inhibitor, it's used to decrease stomach acidity in the treatment of stomach/duodenal ulcers and acid-reflux.
What are GI Disorders?
gastro-intestinal disorders of the stomach and or the digestive system examples include: * crone's disease * heart burn * acid reflux disease * ulsers
