❤ Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Heartburn or pyrosis is a painful and burning sensation in the esophagus, just below the breastbone usually associated with regurgitation of gastric acid.[1]
The pain often rises in the chest and may radiate to the neck, throat, or angle of the jaw. Heartburn is also identified as one of the causes of chronic cough, and may even mimic asthma. Despite its name, heartburn actually has nothing to do with the heart. It is so called because of a burning sensation of the breastbone where the heart is located although some heart problems do have a similar sensation to heartburn. Compounding the confusion is the fact that hydrochloric acid from the stomach comes back up the esophagus because of a problem with the cardiac sphincter, a valve which misleadingly contains the word "cardiac," referring to the cardia as part of the stomach and not, as might be thought, to the heart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_burni have been having heartburn problems lately..
strangely however it only started a few weeks ago.
and the problem has become worse over the past few days,
sometimes resulting a few times a day.
anyone got any advice or remedy....??
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this feeling sucks.p.s i very gian to eat bugis street the nasi lemak, but noooooooooo, mummy says i can only go out if there is someone with me. *frowns* i know she means well.
NASI LEMAK!! i want!!!
MEE SIAM, MEE RUBUS, LAKSA w/ LOTS OF HUM & KUEY CHAP!!!
im such a pig..
Written with much love @
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