What is acidity and what causes it?
What is acidity and what causes it?
Acidity is the irritation of the esophagus caused by the reflux of stomach acid.
The esophagus (the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach) has a tight band of muscles at the lower part (lower esophageal sphincter) that closes after food enters the stomach, preventing the stomach contents from flowing back into the esophagus. If the sphincter relaxes or weakens at the wrong time, stomach acid can flow back into the esophagus, causing acidity.
Signs and Symptoms
Signs and Symptoms
- Bitter taste in the mouth
- Persistent dry cough
- Hoarseness
- Irritated throat
- Difficulty swallowing
Acidity is a burning or pulsating pain in the chest. It is a symptom caused by the movement of acid from your stomach up into your throat.
Foods and drinks that
can cause acidity:
Foods and drinks that
can cause acidity:
Each person reacts differently to specific groups of foods. To track which foods worsen your symptoms, keep a food diary. In this diary, you can write down what you eat, at what time of the day you eat it, any activity that worsens or improves your acidity, and you can indicate which days of the week you experience acidity symptoms. Over time, you can correlate the foods that trigger episodes of acidity. Print out that diary and take it to your next doctor's appointment to discuss possible causes for your experiencing acidity.
How does Melox work to relieve acidity?
How does Melox work to relieve acidity?
There are medications that block the production of acid in the stomach, and there are medications that neutralize the excess acid production in the stomach. Melox neutralizes the excess acid in the stomach. It acts like a sponge that absorbs the excess acid in the stomach and relieves acidity.
Melox works faster than the medication that blocks acid production in the stomach, providing faster relief to your acidity symptoms!
