My experience of GERD

GERD -Gastroesophageal disease otherwise known as Acid reflux is an unpleasant condition that in my case arose due to stress. Basically this is where your stomach produces too much acid and the muscles (sphincter) don't work properly and prevent the oesophagus closing over properly. If the sphincter does not close properly, food and liquid can move backward into the oesophagus and cause heartburn and other symptoms known as gastroesophageal disease (GERD). This is why acid can come up and burn your throat - resulting in a sore throat, or cause heartburn - in your chest. MY SYMPTOMS *** For a few months I had been experiencing ...  Read the complete review

Gastro-oesophageal Reflux - bit of a tongue twister that one, and if we all are honest, the first time we heard of it we all went, "what?" and at this precise moment, my spell checker doesn't like the word, and is pointing it out to me with an angry squiggly line! So what is it? Gastro-oesophageal Reflux, is more commonly known just as "Reflux" and is something that tends to affect many babies. Gastro refers to the stomach, and oesophageal refers to the gullet, or the food pipe, between the mouth and the stomach. Reflux is caused if the muscle that connects the gullet to the stomach has a weakness in it, and this allows ...  Read the complete review