What The Hell Is Going On Inside My Body With Acid Reflux?

You know, about 10 percent of American have some degree of acid reflux disease. And around the World, about 7 percent of the population is affected by acid reflux. My goodness, that is so scary right? Oh by the way, if you have not heard of what acid reflux is, let me explain to you in simple, layman terms about what acid reflux is.

Acid reflux is something that happens in your stomach. When you have acid reflux, acid from the stomach flows backward up the esophagus. By the way, esophagus is the tube from your mouth to your stomach and is to allow food to flow down to your stomach. And what is in your stomach? Well your stomach contains mainly acid that is use to break down food you eat in order for the body to absorb easily into the blood stream. Hence acid reflux would literally means the backward flow of the stomach acid up the esophagus.

However, that is not something you want to happen in your body! Stomach is highly acidic. In fact, it is so strong it can even erode metal. So the backward flow of the stomach acid can injure the lining of your esophagus and create further health problems for you. This can cause sleeplessness, discomfort after meals, and lots of pain and unease in your body. Acid reflux problem can even develop further into serious complications.

Under normal circumstances, stomach acid should never reach the esophagus as there is a muscular valve known as lower esophageal sphincter that is between the esophagus and stomach. Due to acid reflux disease, the muscular valve becomes weak and allow stomach acid to flow up the esophagus.

Acid reflex is unfortunately a chronic disease and hence require long term medical care. There is no immediate cure but a good thing to know is that medical therapy, such as surgery and medications, and lifestyle changes is effective to control acid reflux condition.

So if you start to have acid reflux problems take action right away and keep it under control. The sooner you take action, the higher chances of recovery. All the best to your health!

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