Comments on: How can I tell if I have acid reflux disease? http://acidrefluxheartburncom.com/how-can-i-tell-if-i-have-acid-reflux-disease/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Taylor M http://acidrefluxheartburncom.com/how-can-i-tell-if-i-have-acid-reflux-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Taylor M Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:57:51 +0000 http://acidrefluxheartburncom.com/how-can-i-tell-if-i-have-acid-reflux-disease/#comment-658 Do symtoms increase when you lie down ? Like do you wake up at night with heartburn , or even vomiting ? GERD can be compared to a valve failure between the stomach and the food-pipe . This valve due to many causes will leak and allow fluid from the stomach (which contains hydrochloric acid and powerful digestive juices) to pass to the food-pipe and even up to the mouth , causing a burning sensation in the chest and throat , and sometimes even severe pain as the stomach juice burns through the inner walls of the food-pipe . Definite diagnosis requires ENDOSCOPY , 24 hour pH monitoring of the ESOPHAGUS (food-pipe) , also a barium meal contrast study to show how stomach contents return back into the food-pipe . HEY !!! I will tell you a cheap practical way to definitely tell if your indigestion is caused by GERD or something else !! Simply take an ANTACID syrup or tablets when you feel the discomfort , if it gets better right away , then you most likely have GERD !! Do symtoms increase when you lie down ? Like do you wake up at night with heartburn , or even vomiting ?

GERD can be compared to a valve failure between the stomach and the food-pipe . This valve due to many causes will leak and allow fluid from the stomach (which contains hydrochloric acid and powerful digestive juices) to pass to the food-pipe and even up to the mouth , causing a burning sensation in the chest and throat , and sometimes even severe pain as the stomach juice burns through the inner walls of the food-pipe .

Definite diagnosis requires ENDOSCOPY , 24 hour pH monitoring of the ESOPHAGUS (food-pipe) , also a barium meal contrast study to show how stomach contents return back into the food-pipe .

HEY !!!
I will tell you a cheap practical way to definitely tell if your indigestion is caused by GERD or something else !!
Simply take an ANTACID syrup or tablets when you feel the discomfort , if it gets better right away , then you most likely have GERD !!

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