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Acid reflux disorder, sometimes called heartburn or GERD, is a condition where stomach content flows back up your esophagus. Even though this disorder is known by different names they have similar symptoms. Acid reflux disorder is a disorder of the gastrointestinal tract or digestive system.
Acid reflux disorder gives you a burning sensation in your chest near the heart and stomach. This sensation is caused by hydrochloric acid, which is used by your stomach to digest your food.
When food enters your stomach, a valve called the lower esophageal sphincter opens to allow food into the stomach. Normally it remains closed so that stomach food and acid do not flow back up into your esophagus area. However there are times when the lower esophageal sphincter does not remain closed. When this happens, acid from the stomach can reflux or flow back into the esophagus. This results in the condition that is called gastroesophageal reflux disorder or acid reflux disorder.
Here are some reasons why you might have disorder. You might have, allergies, enzyme deficiencies
, gallbladder problems, hiatal hernia, stress, heartburn ulcers, over eaten, been drinking excess alcohol, been drinking excess coffee, tea, colas, other caffeine drinks, been eating excess fried and fatty foods.
Tomatoes and tomato-based products like sauces and tomato juice also cause the lower esophageal valve to relax. These tomato-based products lead to an increase in the production of stomach acid causing the stomach acid to remain highly acidic.
Eating large amounts of food at any meal can put a lot of pressure on your stomach muscles. As this pressure builds up, the lower esophageal valve starts to weaken and can eventually open, allowing food and acid to move up into your esophagus.
Since this valve protects your esophagus from your stomach acid, you need to take care that this valve does not allow digested acidic food to pass into your esophagus. To prevent this you should eat small meals throughout the day.
Your mouth, esophagus, and stomach are the first areas of food processing. If
Obesity, Drinking Double Up to Harm Liver (CME/CE)
A combination of obesity and alcohol consumption puts men and women at higher risk of liver disease, a pair of new studies found.
ACS Stats Find Gains in War on Cancer
Cancer is not quite the killer it was 20 years ago. The American Cancer Society found that "age-standardized" cancer deaths among men declined by 21% from 1990, while the rate among women declined by 12% from 1991 to 2006.
Adherence to Perinatal HBV Prevention Guidance Lacking (CME/CE)
Hospitals' efforts to prevent perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus need to be improved, researchers said.
Liver Transplant Recommendations Revised (CME/CE)
The rapid evolution of clinical experience in liver transplantation during recent years has prompted several leading organizations to revisit the general recommendations used in patient selection and organ allocation, a new report revealed.
Liver Injury from Latent TB Therapy Rare, but Serious (CME/CE)
Severe liver injuries among patients taking isoniazid for latent tuberculosis are rare, but they can occur at all ages and result in death, researchers found.
FDA Okays New GERD Drug Name
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved a name change for the gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) treatment dexlansoprazole (Kapidex) due to confusion over its marketed name with other, very different drugs.
CROI: HCV Spread Abetted by Needle Type (CME/CE)
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Among injection drug users, the type of needle used and the temperature it's stored at can substantially affect the risk of transmitting hepatitis C virus (HCV), researchers found.
Poor Fit Undermines Condom Use (CME/CE)
Condoms that don't fit properly are more likely to break, slip off, and decrease the pleasure of both partners during sex, which may discourage their use and undermine their public health benefits, a survey found.
Murtha Dead at 77
Representative John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), 77, long-time chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, died Monday afternoon from complications following a planned laparoscopic cholecystectomy, according to a statement from the congressman's office.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Dangerous VT (CME/CE)
Patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could be at far greater risk for potentially deadly blood clots than doctors previously thought, a new British study found.
ASCO GI: Gene Test, Nodes Predict Colon CA Recurrence Risk (CME/CE)
ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- An extended nodal examination and gene array test show promise for identifying patients at high risk of colorectal cancer recurrence at least in stage II disease, researchers reported at the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
Ultrasound Helps Predict Liver Damage in NAFLD (CME/CE)
An ultrasound technique called transient elastography can accurately detect liver damage in most patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a new study found.
Physicians Must Treat Transplant Tourists
Patients who travel to foreign countries to have organ transplants may come back with more problems than they left with (MedPage Today) -- and physicians here have a moral responsibility to treat them, researchers say.
Fatty Liver Raises Risk of Death (CME/CE)
People with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition that often accompanies obesity and type 2 diabetes, have higher mortality rates than the general population, a new Swedish study found.
Good Results in Poor-Risk Rectal Cancer (CME/CE)
Patients with high-risk rectal cancer had high response and three-year survival rates on a regimen of preoperative chemotherapy, followed by standard chemoradiation and then surgical resection, according to results of a multicenter study.
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