Acid Reflux

Acid RefluxAcid reflux is known by a number of names including GORD (gastro oesophageal reflux disease), reflux, dyspepsia and heartburn.  This condition is caused by what happens to your food and drink after you have eaten.
When you eat or drink anything, gravity and muscles allow the food to travel down the tube-like oesophagus to the stomach.  Once in the stomach, the contents are normally prevented from going back upwards again by a valve or sphincter at the join between these two parts of the digestive system.
When this valve becomes loose or is 

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