What is Heartburn?

What is heartburn? What does heartburn feel like? What happens when you have heartburn? How do you know you have heartburn? How can your heart burn?

In fact, is heartburn something to do with your heart or not?

Here are the answers for these questions.

The term heartburn is used to describe the burning sensation in the chest which is painful.

It starts in the upper abdomen, just below the breastbone and rises up into the neck. Heartburn is the pain you have in your chest region.

Everyone experiences indigestion at some time or other. There are many symptoms that can manifest when you have a digestive problem.

Heartburn is one such symptom of a digestive disorder.

Most of us experience these symptoms once in a while. They may last for a short time and go away but for many people, these symptoms can continue for a long time and that can cause a lot of annoyance, even misery.

You may have occasional heartburn or you may have persistent heartburn. When it happens frequently, you feel the need to do something about it. If you let it become chronic heartburn, it can lead to other problems. It is better to take care of heartburn when it starts happening frequently.