Heartburn

Heartburn is also known as pyrosis, cardialgia, or acid indigestion. Medically, Heartburn is known with the name of pyrosis oracid. Heartburn disease has nothing in relation with heart. Basically, Heartburn is disorder related with gastric reflux, which is mainly defined as the regurgitation of gastric acid.

Pyrosis is basically a condition of discomfort of warm and burning sensation in the parts f the body other than heart especially in the chest mainly behind the sternum or breastbone or in the epigasrium. The pain over and over again rises in the chest and may spread out into the neck, throat, or angle of the jaw. Occasionally pain gets worse as patient lies down more generally straight away after eating.

In simple words, Heartburn is a distress or uneasiness caused by the stomach contents moves above from the stomach up into the lower part of the esophagus.

Frequent attacks of the Heartburn can be a sign of a more severe situation called Gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD.

Causes of Heartburn

·         Smoking

·         Over eating

·         Overweight or obesity

·         Pressure on the stomach by tight clothing near or around waist or frequent bending over and many more

·         Certain foods like chocolate, high cholesterol diets, coffee, alcohol and many more

·         Hiatal Hernia- occurs when the stomach partially sits in the chest cavity through a weakness in the diaphragm. 

·         Lower esophageal sphincter

Symptoms of Heartburn include:

Gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD

Ischemic Heart diseases

Antacids

Weight Loss and many more

Burning sensation in the throat

Chronic cough

Food sticking in the middle of the chest or throat while swallowing

An uncomfortable sensation of warmth or burning in the chest.

Diagnosis of Heartburn

X-ray

Endoscopy

Ambulatory acid (pH) probe tests 

Esophageal motility testing 

Manometry