Current pharmacological management of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
With this mobile app, you can find a doctor and find a location.
Normally, the esophageal sphincter a muscular tube that lets food pass into the stomach and then cinches shut to block it from coming back up protects the esophagus from stomach acid.
If there are no obvious causes for the inflammation, your doctor may suspect reflux.
Despite what its name implies, heartburn has nothing to do with your heart.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.