Acid Reflux or heart burn also known as Gastroesophageal Reflux is one of the most common digestive concerns, this is when the food that’s meant to be in the stomach is actually making its way up through the tube again causing irritation and with time can cause inflammation and graduate into a serious condition like cancer.
The conventional belief about acid reflux is that there is an over production of acid that splashes back or moves upwards after eating causing the warm sensation or discomfort of heartburn.
Symptoms and Signs of Acid Reflux:
- Heartburn
- Nausea
- Non-cardiac chest pain
- Indigestion
- Belching
- Difficulty swallowing
- Upset stomach
- Regurgitation
5 signs of Acid Reflux you might not expect
- Tooth enamel decay: Almost 50% of People having Acid reflux have dental erosion, I’ll tell you why-Your tooth starts to decay at pH of 5.5, in acid reflux your stomach acid regurgitates causing erosion of tooth
- Asthma: In acid reflux due to repeated regurgitation of stomach acid damages the airway of lungs and makes lungs more sensitive to irritants which triggers asthma
- Vocal cord defects; Your larynx contains vocal cords, in acid reflux the acid spills out to the larynx causing mucosal scaring which if chronic, causes hoarseness in the voice.
- Pneumonia: In chronic and severe cases of acid reflux, the stomach acid along with bacteria aspirate into your respiratory pathway causing aspiration pneumonia.
- Chronic sinusitis: Due to acid reflux, your stomach acid travels all the way up to your sinus which causes inflammation leading to chronic sinusitis.
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