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What Is The Correlation Between Hiatal Hernia And Heart Burn?
Question: What is the connection between hiatal hernia and heart burn?
Brief Answer:
Relationship between heart burn and hiatal hernia
Detailed Answer:
Hiatal hernia increases or precipitates heart burn.
Normally there is lower esophageal sphincter that protects the reflux of the acid back into the food pipe. Heart burn is generally a symptom of acid reflux.
Since a portion of the stomach or upper part to be precise keep slipping into the mediastinum above the diaphragm in hiatal hernia there is a loss of sphincter mechanism. This leads to reflux of the acid into the food pipe and more heart burn.
Hope this is clear.
Relationship between heart burn and hiatal hernia
Detailed Answer:
Hiatal hernia increases or precipitates heart burn.
Normally there is lower esophageal sphincter that protects the reflux of the acid back into the food pipe. Heart burn is generally a symptom of acid reflux.
Since a portion of the stomach or upper part to be precise keep slipping into the mediastinum above the diaphragm in hiatal hernia there is a loss of sphincter mechanism. This leads to reflux of the acid into the food pipe and more heart burn.
Hope this is clear.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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