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Does a lot of gastric acid travel into the esophagus during heartburn?

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Dr. Arthur Heller answered

Specializes in Gastroenterology

Not usually: Hearburn can be due a little acid, and a lot of stomach content, or sometimes due to no acid at all. It is due to sensitivity to backflow of stomach content into an area not designed to deal with it.

Answered 10/3/2016

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