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We use our heart for a lot of different things. We use it to pump blood to different parts of the body. We use it to filter out content in the blood and so on. Let’s say when we are running or exercising we feel out heart beating against our ribcage. This means the heart is working extra hard to pump blood into our parts of the body. Although there are times when we feel uncomfortable about how our heart is reacting. Sometimes we feel pain, and sometimes we feel an urgent burn that makes us awake at night. Whatever the reasons are it should be taken care of at an early convenience. So since we are talking about discomfort or uncomfortable feeling of the heart let’s talk about a condition that’s really bother some called Heart burn. So heartburn is an uncomfortable feeling of burning sensation and heat that is taking place in segments which is rising up behind the ribcage toward the neck. It is usually due to an acid condition known as gastroesophageal reflux disease. This is a disease where the stomach acid rises at the back and up into the esophagus. To discuss more about heart disease, we have to actually talk about GERD or the gastroesophageal reflux.

So Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a state in which the liquid of the stomach comes backs up into the esophagus. This acid can actually agitate and damage the lining of the esophagus. The reiterated liquid usually has acid that are created by the stomach. This reiterated liquid may also contain some bile that has come-up into the stomach. Acid is believed to be the most dangerous component of the refluxed liquid because it can actually burn the esophagus and its lining. Then what might happen is there is nothing there to contain the acid if the acid decides to come back up. Pepsin and bile liquid can also injure the esophagus, but their cause is still unknown to this day.