The Fire Inside: Extinguishing Heartburn and Related Symptoms

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W. W. Norton & Company, 1996 - Family & Relationships - 192 pages
Presenting the most up-to-date information, it is the first book for general readers about treating and preventing one of the most widespread medical problems: acid reflux, whose prime symptom is heartburn. Much of the advice in this book comes from the cutting edge of medicine. The book dispels myths about reflux disease, calms fears, and points sufferers toward correct diagnosis and therapies. If you're a sufferer you should know: how and why acid reflux disease has come to be known as "The Great Masquerader"; how to tell if your asthma, hoarseness, or chest pain is related to reflux disease; how antacids can help you and how they can sometimes harm you; why you may be taking the wrong dosage of your present medication or taking it at the wrong time; how lifestyle changes (food, exercise, even change of clothing) can help your condition: and how a recently developed breakthrough drug - taken once a day - can virtually eliminate symptoms in less than two months.
 

Contents

Acknowledgments
9
HEARTBURN Fact and Myth
19
SIMPLE HEARTBURN RELIEF
31
ACID AND ANTACID
47
ACID DISEASE Cause and Cure
70
THE NEXT REVOLUTION
92
ASTHMA AND ACID REFLUX
118
ACID REFLUX Ear Nose and Throat
136
CHEST PAIN Heart Attack or Heartburn?
151
THE FUTURE
163
Appendix
173
Index
181
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