What is Heartburn?
Synonyms for heartburn are Acid Indigestion, Reflux, and Acid Reflux. In the U.S. nearly 60 million people suffer from heartburn once a month. 25 million Americans suffer from frequent heartburn. Heartburn is usually more common in older people and pregnant women. Heartburn is a medical condition with biological reasons. The lower esophagus sphincter (LES) does not work properly in some people. Therefore they are more prone to develop heartburn than others. That means that the esophagus does not function properly as “natural valve” and opens and closes at the wrong time. The symptoms of heartburn are usually a burning in the chest that is caused when acids from the stomach (hydrochloric acid) irritate the esophagus lesions. The stomach is protected against the strong digestive acids, but the esophagus is not, and that exactly is causing the problem. When our own stomach acids reflux into the esophagus it creates this burning pain in the chest area close to the heart, therefore heartbur
