Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 04/11/2018 - 13:05
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, acid reflux, or heart burn is a chronic problem that occurs when stomach acids backflow into the esophagus. Many have heart burn occasionally when consuming too much spicy food. If you have this burning sensation more than twice a week, you may have acid reflux. In 2005, there were 3,141,965 hospitalizations due to acid reflux. Sixty- two percent of hospitalizations were women. The same study showed that the number of adults hospitalized dropped from 1998 to 2005.
