Awareness Of The Symptoms Of Gerd

There are symptoms of GERD that are just plain nasty

. Not only are they scary, but they are painful and they can mimic other symptoms which have nothing to do with GERD whatsoever. Like a heart attack, or something neurological, with all the weakness and nausea involved. If for adults they are nasty, how much more for infants and children who also have the misfortune of experiencing the same symptoms.

The 'lower esophageal sphincter' (LES) is the one part of the anatomy of the digestive system which controls the food from going back up the esophagus. This is also in charge of releasing the gasses in the tracts and can be experienced as a belch or a burp. When certain foods weaken the LES, symptoms of GERD can be felt and experienced.

The burning felt in heartburn makes GERD easy enough to identify, that and the diet that the patient normally practices. The nasty taste in the mouth and difficulty in swallowing are also symptoms of GERD that accompanies the heartburn. These symptoms generally take a few minutes to a few hours to disappear and it can only be relieved and prevented if the foods that trigger these symptoms are avoided.

There are a lot of antacids that can treat the symptoms of GERD. Medications like Tums and others are easily enough available as well as being highly effective. In the days before these were made commercially available, some baking soda was effective to make the burn die down. There are times, though, when the antacids are not good enough.

Severe symptoms do not really call for dangerous drugs. Only prescription ones that make sure that the stomach juices do no over produce. They are effective in lowering the incidents of symptoms of GERD and taken as maintenance for a period of time for the LES heal and the esophagus lining heal too.

It is funny that the symptoms that accompany GERD should scare people more than having symptoms of cardiac problems like high blood pressure. Maybe it is the pain, maybe it is the fact that there is a nasty aftertaste, or maybe it is just the guilt behind the symptoms which is usually eating the wrong diet and taking in of substances that are known poisons to the body. Whatever it is, the symptoms of GERD attract more attention than any other diseases.

by: Cyndi Funaldi

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