The esophagus connecting mouth and stomach is made up of muscles to ensure that the food does not move upward at any cost. These muscles are located at the joint of the esophagus and the stomach. Also there is a muscle which separates the chest and abdomen. This also helps to move the food and keep the food constantly in the stomach till digestion.

Cause:
The job of the stomach is to combine the food, acid and other kinds of special liquids called enzymes and form the digestion process. But the stomach has a lining on the surface in order to safe guard itself from the acids in the food processed for digestion. At certain causes the food is unknowingly pushed upwards into the esophagus. But the esophagus does not have these types of protection as its job is to push the food downwards only. Therefore the acids in the food cause a type of inflammation in the esophagus.

The heart burn is caused due to the problem in the structure which results in the pushing of the food upwards in to the esophagus and the production of excess of acids in the stomach. Even the food intake or the medical intake can cause the heartburn.

Another one cause of the heart burn in women is the pregnancy which can cause an increase in the pressure of the abdomen and which in return can affect the LES function and change to reflux.

Next is the obesity which also causes increase in pressure in the abdomen, and the same as the heartburn caused due to pregnancy.

Some of the food items and medications include:

• Alcohol and other alcoholic items
• Caffeine
• Aspirin and such pain relievers
• Ibuprofen
• Beverages and drinks which are carbonated
• Fruits like tomato, grapes.
• Fruit juices like pineapple, orange
• Even chocolates.

Symptoms:

• Heartburn itself is a symptom where you can feel a burning sensation.
• The burning sensation can be found behind the breastbone.
• The sensation can be like a sharp pain.
• Mostly it remains in the chest region but it may move to the throat and creat a sour taste.
• It is also accompanied by severe cough and these acids are much stronger that they can even Make the teeth to decay. 
• You can feel the symptom to be severe as soon as the intake of food is over.
• You will be awakened at half sleep due to this heartburn.

Treatment:
Natural and Ayurvedic:

• Changing your lifestyle may show effective changes. You can do changes like decreasing the intake the amount of intake of food.
• Consecutively reducing the intake of food before sleeping.
• Stopping the intake of Alcohol or alcoholic items and pain relievers and aspirins and such medications.

Home Remedies:

• Eradicating the smoking habits.
• Intake of prescribed medicines.
• Keeping the head in a raised position during sleep.
• Use of antacids.
• The use of medicals like:
  
  
  • Famotidine
  • Rabeprazole
  • Ranitidine
  • Cimetidine
  • Omeprazole
  • Histamine
  • pantoprazole
  • esomeprazole
  • lansoprazole

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