Acid Reflux: What are the signs
The meal was delectable, to die for even, and you ate as much as you could. Clearly you just couldn’t bring yourself to say no to that tantalizing beef dish with its savory cream sauce.
That feeling of well being also led you to getting comfortable on the sofa, just in time for your favorite program on TV. Feet up, a roaring fireplace and a chocolate followed by a great wine is what you love. A bowl of peanuts to add some crunch.
Welcome to the signs of Acid Reflux.
Sometimes, these dreamy reveries can be interrupted with a nasty feeling in the chest, that feels as if there is some sour acidic fluid rising up behind your breastbone. Sometimes things really get unpleasant with all the great stuff you ate coming back as sour fluid, right back into your throat. You wish you could vomit it, but it just stays there.
Some people also experience further unpleasant sensations when dizziness sets in as a result of a reaction by the Vagus nerve to stomach problems. All these symptoms are part of the body’s typical reaction to acid reflux.
If you have been ignoring these kinds of things happening earlier, chances are that you would also get a feeling of food getting stuck in your throat. A sensation of food finding it difficult to travel down the food pipe, is also possible.
Such an experience is commonly associated with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) or acid reflux.
Completely unrelated to age, race, nationality, or genetic disposition, acid reflux is experienced as a result of habits that involve nutrition, eating, and health. People of any age, such as senior citizens, teenagers, and even very young children can suffer from acid reflux. Children tend to develop this problem because of issues with their physiological development. For other individuals, however, their own overuse and abuse of the body’s digestive system is what causes them to suffer from acid reflux.
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