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Which medicines will help for a chestburn feeling? is it a disease?

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Dr. Shahruq Sarela answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Chest burn: The most important thing is chest pain needs to be taken seriously. If it is associated with shortness of breath swelling of your lower extremities or palpitations with tingling sensation radiating down your arms into your neck you need to be ruled out for any cardiac issues. Otherwise burning send station maybe gastritis which is related to Gerd chocolate consumption reflux, and if this is the case you can take an over-the-counter Prilosec which is about $20

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Chestburn/Heartburn: Chest burn(heart burn)is caused by Acid in the stomach finding it's way up in the esophagus&one gets feeling of burning in the chest called heartburn treated with lifestyle modification Loose weight if obese Avoid foods that cause heartburn citrus fruits,tomato,mint,onions&garlic,spicy food,high fat meals,Alcohol,caffeine,chocolate&carbonated beverages Meds omeprazole/Ranitidine/famotidine,nexium (esomeprazole)

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