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Home remedy for heart burn & food to avoid?

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Chocolate,caffeine ,: Tobacco, alcohol.Wait 3 hours after eating to recline.Elevate head of bed 30 degrees.If all this fails, c ur doc.There are very effective meds and u may need your esophagus scoped , at some point.

Answered 3/31/2014

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