Severe Heartburn: Symptoms & Risks
You may have thought that you had just a simple case of heartburn, but as of late, it seems to be more serious:
a recurrent feeling of pain and pressure beneath your breastbone, the taste of acid on the back of your tongue and in your throat, occasional trouble sleeping, and difficulty swallowing.
Your heartburn seems to be made worse when you nap on the couch following dinner, when you have imbibed with your favorite alcoholic beverage, or when you eat too much.
Although some foods bother you more than others, those enchiladas you ate last night kept you tossing and turning and brought on chest pains. You have severe heartburn, likely associated with gastro esophageal reflux disease, also known as GERD or just acid reflux . . . continue reading severe heartburn >>
