What is heart burn?
Heart burn is when the valve at the top of the stomach prevents acid from leaving the stomach, therefore forcing it back up.
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The primary symptom of heartburn is a burning pain in your chest, under your breastbone. It gets worse when lying down.
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Heart burn is a discomfort or pain caused by the stomach contents traveling up from the stomach up into the gullet. MORE? cHAcHA!
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Heartburn is a burning sensation in your chest, just behind your breastbone. Heartburn pain is often worse when lying MORE?
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Heartburn is an irritation of the esophagus that is caused by stomach acid. With gravity's help, a muscular valve called the MORE
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Heartburn actually has nothing to do with the heart. Heartburn is an irritation of the esophagus that is caused by stomach acid.
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Despite its name, heartburn has nothing to do with the heart. Heartburn is an irritation of the esophagus, caused by stomach acid.
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