What causes heartburn? - Rusha Modi 

By a show of hands, Who else is experiencing heart burn while watching this video 🙋🏾‍♀️

Thats Why You Don't Swallow A Whole Slice Of Pizza And A Whole Burger

The anxiety and pain during heartburn is unexplainable 😭😥

I like their animation they never fail me

Eating pizza slices whole like that probably doesn’t help with heart burn either !

Half the reason I love Ted-Ed is Addison Anderson, I love that voice

Who else thought all the pizza was watermelon

2 years ago i started suffering from really bad acid reflux and it got to the point where i had to pop an anti-acid tablet after every meal. Whenever i burped, i'd feel a burning sensation in my throat for a good 30-60 seconds. So i went on an all-natural diet. For two months now i've only eaten fruit, vegetables, rice and meat (pretty much anything you can gather in the wild). When i crave a biscuit i just grab a rice cake and put some honey on it. If i have the urge to eat candy, i eat grapes/strawberries or raisins instead. If i want some crisps/potato chips, instead i eat popcorn (non-flavoured versions - just salt popcorn or lightly sugared). I cut out candy/fizzy drinks/alcohol/wheat/dairy. I also don't smoke or drink alcohol. For drinks i have water or pure fruit juice (apple/pear/orange/mango). I no longer get acid reflux. 2 months on this diet cured me so i'm sharing it for anyone else.

*These animations are warming my heart!*

Great explanation. Sometimes I get a bit shook when I get the occasional heartburn

Me:eats one spicy thing. Heartburn: *hi*

They forgot stress and anxiety as the biggest cause of heartburn.

Had, heart burn so many times and I cry

I learn far more from RU-vid and internet than my doctors. They never bother explaining anything and are happy just dismissing me with prescription drugs.

Why call it a heart burn when it is clearly a stomach/gastric tract problem? It is because the close proximity of the heart in relation to the esophageal junction. Anatomically, the junction sits directly anteroinferior to the pericardium that houses the heart. Also, the nerve innervation for esophagus shares many pathways with those responsible for the heart too. Thus, patients typically can't tell the difference if it is really their heart acting up. Hence the confounding misnomenclature.

*What causes heartburn?* Me: _Swallowing 1000 degree knife_

I have gone through this pain for 10 days and started recovering. I sincerely pray to god for a speedy recovery to all those who are experiencing heartburns and gerd..🙏

The first time I had one was back in high school and I thought I was having a heart attack.

As someone who suffers with chronic heartburn, I'm really intrigued to watch this video. In fact, I have heartburn right now

The bubbling sounds in the background (around 0:20) are so satisfying! 😂😂😂 Another amazing and highly informative video👏👏👏. I ❤️ Ted-Ed!!!

everything ends with cancer on the internet

I have been learning something new every day.You guys deserve an appreciation because you try to explain the content in the simplest way possible .And a special greeting to those guys who make awesome videos.

Woke up after feeling like I was choking. Not fun, slept for an hour before. It’s actually horrible to experience because it’s like life or death. It’s actually scary!

Please, keep this series going. I love learning and sharing them

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

If you take Gaviscon, little firemen will pop up in your esophagus and exstinguish that burning sensation, that's what the ads always tell #notspon

I never knew an animation about heartburn could be so amazing

Having problems in that region (and ignoring them) for several years can lead to symptoms similar to a heart attack. Probably caused by spasms of the gastroesophageal junktion or the stomach itself, making it inflammated and swell up pressing against the heart muscle.

thank you for making this great video ☺

For me it's when my girlfriend dumped me.

Great timing. I'm learning this for my nursing quiz.

“...and how can it be stopped?” Me I immense pain: YES GOD TELL ME ALREADY AAAA

Smilling in a surgery

Thank you TED-Ed. I just want to share: Eating bread, banana, or similar food items helps me recover from that feeling. I also felt relieved when I burp. I discovered it myself, just wanna share although not really proven scientifically. Again, thank you!

it is quite eerie. I was having heartburn today and this video came up on my feed.

Thank you for this video I wanted to search about this video but suddenly got recommended and found this useful

I literally learn so much more from ted, then from school

Great video and animation, keep up the good work! 👍

Beautiful animation! Very fathomable! Well done Ted Ed!!

I got diagnosed with Gerd after I had my gallbladder removed. It sucks but it's manageable. Better than the stabbing pain of stones that made me feel like I was having a heart attack.

Stress can also lead to heart burn. A common case yet not considered.

so basically our body is like, “NO PEASANT YOU AIN’T GONNA THROW UP” “FEEL PAIN THO.”

A very good video that teaches us on Heartburn, Acid Reflux, GERD

Very informative as always! 😊

*I LOVE TED-ED* ❤

I learnt this in school yesterday in science basically some of your stomach acid comes up but only a bit and it just hurts

Oh boy, I have been facing this issue for some time due to my unhealthy lifestyle. I read quite a few web pages for solutions and now I got this video on the recommendation. It is a very helpful video.

I've had a broken LES since for years. I was literally living off of Tums. Didn't really get it before, this is super helpful!

"Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour"...isn't that one truth of life to live by?. And btw, the animation is😊😊

Lovely animations and narrator's voice.

I really needed this. Thank you Ted-Ed 😃

I've experienced this many times!

Me: “ur so red even mr kool-aid man can’t stand you” heart: *gets burned*

Hey bro how's your stomach feel? I have heartburn it doesn't feel very G.E.R.D

I love your intro music!!!!! So peaceful..

Awesome work...loved it

I was watching this while having heartburn. People with GERD problems... Luckily we have proton-pump inhibitors.

My heartburn made me so stressed and worried so much that i even had an anxiety attack. I can't even focus on my studies and everything because of it. Oh God please relieve me from this 😭

thanks for the help.

Ted ed the way you end your videos is extremely creative, I ama teacher but I constantly use your videos to educate students about topics which are not the part of our syllabus. I would like to thank you for spreading awareness in a beautiful way.

I used to have really bad heartburn daily after eating anything, and especially when I tried laying down for the night. I went to get tested for a gut bacteria known as H Pylori, and it turns out in some cases that can exacerbate symptoms. So I started on a two week plan of meds to rid my body of H Pylori and my heartburn/acid reflux has GREATLY subsided. I hardly ever have issues anymore. I recommend people getting that checked out first, before they do an endoscopy or start using proton pump inhibitors or H2 blockers!

Hi TED-Ed, I have endometriosis but I have a hard time myself trying to understand what it is specifically. I have heard many thing and would like to know more about the condition I have... do you think you could help? Your explanations are always straightforward and understandable, especially with the animations... thank you ❤️

Can you guys do something like this about appendicitis or maybe the effects of DHT blockers such as fenasteride for alopecia? Thank you~ love and support for you guys

i was literally complaining about my heartburn before i took a nap then i woke up and this appears in my notifications??? i’m terrified ted-ed

GERD can cause columnar metaplasia on the esophagus which leads to esophageal cancer.

I have always had terrible heartburn, my asophagas didn’t develop correctly and it made my heartburn terrible. I’ve had the ambulance come before because it hurt so much. Just be thankful you don’t get heartburn.

I have a hiatus hernia and just watching this video gives me heartburn.

Thank you so much it was very helpful to understand

In India elders always advise on not to eat too much or full stomach. The rule told is that you imagine three parts of your stomach and keep one part each for food, water and gas. Follow these and hopefully, you will be fine.

Oh no my heartburns are everyday!!!! Uh oh

Thank you

I was diagnosed with GERD a little over a year ago. Oddly enough, I only experience symptoms when I'm under major stress. Last year was my last year of college and I was living with people who were frequently problematic, and I would wake up vomiting every morning from the acid that sat in my esophagus overnight. The day after I moved out of that place my symptoms healed, and only returned right before my ex left me a couple months ago (gone again now that I've moved on). I also can't really drink much alcohol. I almost always get heartburn when I drink.

It’s somewhat calming to know that heartburn is just a little muscle making a mistake

Forgot to mention that drinking water right after eating also worsens this!

Thanks

I appreciate the exposure of the topic :) It's way more common than people think, especially in western diets. Very fried-food fatty junkie food.

I felt them a lot before stop drinking carbonated drinks

The first time I had heartburn I was 7 and I thought it was a heart attack

Very informative ,Thank you 👍👍👍👍

Has to be one of the worst pains ever.....

I did the surgery after suffering from GERD for 4 years and whenever people ask me what kind of surgery i went through, after explaining I realized more than 50% of our population have GERD and taking daily PPI ( anti acid ), i thought this video will explain why People suffer from GERD more than ever before and why the numbers are increasing, it’s not a virus or communicated disease, it’s a muscle multifunction or a hiatus hernia. Are the doctors responsible for that? Writing PPI in their description like crazy for longer periods increasing the acidity in stomach and not the other way round, this thing is really painful and causes further damage when not treated, PPI is not the solution and this video should look for the fundamental reason of the disease of the century and not some other diet video

And they asked me why I don’t watch educational videos. Now I’m afraid of coffee, getting a heartburn, basically food in general.

Thanks TED-ED!

Great video! This is better than what we learn in med school. Simple and easy to understand!

For me personally if I eat to much I get heart burn, or If I dont have any carbs with my meal I get heart burn

I think that my mom does

I am so addicted to TED-ed ... Best part is no-one in the family is complaining:)

Love this channel !!!!!

I’m currently pmsing and heartburn is a part of the package for me. 😔

This is the story of my second reflux, sequel to the first one The night was falling, my parents were away from home on a trip. I was alone at the time because my brother was at a car meet with his friends. I was spending my night casually scrolling through youtube and talking to my friend on discord, then i felt a bit queasy and told my friend that im gonna go whip up some food, i went to the kitchen and sat down I sat down onto the chair in the kitchen and looked down on the floor and started wiping my forehead out of sweat. I looked outside, then at the clock it was only around 1am and i went back to my computer and told my friend, that id call him later I grabbed my phone and then i went to the bathroom to sit on the toilet and start googling answers to the sudden sensation. I didnt get any good answers and i went outside for a moment, it relieved the nausea that had built up. I went back to my computer and was just about to call my friend back but then i just froze for a moment and took a breath. I left a message for my friend and told him that i wasnt feeling so well, and that i was gonna go to sleep. I was very confused of my situation and then. Once again it struct me. I rushed to the bathroom gagging, but this time i puked. I was convinced that i had the stomach flu and went to bed, armed with my trusty old bucket for emergencies. I made it into my bed but with the insane sensation of exhaustion and nausea. I turned off the lights on the room, and went to bed lying on my side. And trying to think of nothing, but i couldnt. Then all the memories of past nauseas, sicknesses, and vomiting videos ive seen rushed into my mind, i was too exhausted to move to my bucket which was right next to my bed. My hands started shaking insanely, i put on my night lamp and gathered the strenght to grab my phone and google for results, nothing matched completely my symptoms, and i was pretty sure that i dont have any form of cancer development. Then i put my phone back on and left the light on because it for some odd reason made me less nauseated. I then fell very quickly asleep and in the morning my night lamp was super hot, so i turned it off fast and now messaged my mom about the thing, she quickly regognised it and told me that i had a reflux and that i shouldnt eat so heavy anymore.

Thanks you for this educational video

Thanks a lot ted!

GeRD is _definitely_ the sound heartburn makes. Cheeky doctors.

I experienced it last Saturday

Nice explanation 🙌

Wait how does youtube know I had a heartburn today. Amazing guess RU-vid and awesome content Ted-ed. Really appreciate your content.😊😊

1:24 If your heart looks like that, I think you'd already be dead

So heartburn is nowhere related to heart 😮

OMG that was incredibal !!

This is scary and the les is amazing