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How do you differentiate between heartburn and coronary angina? – By Dr harold Gunatillake Happy Easter Website: www.Doctorharold.com Transcript: The symptoms of a can also be indigestion, which includes abdominal discomfort. For example, they may include a feeling of heaviness in your chest, a stomachache or heartburn. A heart attack can happen at any time, including while resting. If heart pain lasts longer than 15 minutes, it may be the start of a heart attack. There may be other prodromal signs, such as anxiety, breathlessness, fatigue, etc. Now, how do you differentiate between such a tight feeling in the chest with heartburn from acid reflux from your stomach, which also gives heartburn and similar symptoms? Stomach acid is needed to break down your food, something your stomach has no trouble handling. Your oesophagus, on the other hand, is irritated by it. That is what we are going to discuss today. ...

Heartburn- Why you should know about it?-By Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript: 25 million adults experience heartburn daily- so says the stats. About one third of them experience heartburn at least once a month in the US. It is a feeling of burning sensation behind your heart in the gullet, food related and due to a weak gastroesophageal sphincter muscles mechanism, resulting in acid reflux into your gullet. It is not a life-threatening disease, but annoying and can lead to sleepless nights, and cause complications, such as inflammation of the lower third of the gullet, referred to as esophagitis, progressing to ulcers and narrowing of the esophagus called a stricture. Even babies are born with this weak valve mechanism. Therefore, all babies are held vertically and given a pat on the upper back after a feed by the mother. ...