Reducing heartburn : gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37531
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Nutrition and Food Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1424
- Available Online
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When you eat, food travels from your mouth to your stomach through a long tube called the esophagus. A muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) joins the esophagus and the stomach. This muscle opens when you swallow to let food and liquids pass into your stomach and stays closed when you are not eating or drinking. If you have GERD, this muscle opens at times when it should be closed, letting small amounts of food and acid from your stomach move back up into your esophagus. This is ca…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Nutrition and Food Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (10 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heartburn
- Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heartburn
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Specialty
- Food and Nutrition
- Abstract
- When you eat, food travels from your mouth to your stomach through a long tube called the esophagus. A muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) joins the esophagus and the stomach. This muscle opens when you swallow to let food and liquids pass into your stomach and stays closed when you are not eating or drinking. If you have GERD, this muscle opens at times when it should be closed, letting small amounts of food and acid from your stomach move back up into your esophagus. This is called reflux. This pamphlet explains the symptoms of GERD, what you can do to help or prevent GERD, what foods can trigger reflux or make it worse, how your primary health care provider can help, and why it is important to control your symptoms. Information on planning meals is included.
- Notes
- Previous title: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) – Reducing Heartburn
- Responsibility
- Nutrition and Food Services
- Pamphlet Number
- 1424
