Acid Reflux - How it Affects you
Monday, November 17th, 2008Acid reflux is caused by liquid from the stomach being regurgitated into the esophagus. Doctors say the liquid has refluxed into the esophagus, which is where half of the common name for GERD comes from. Since the liquid from the stomach is a mixture of acid, pepsin enzymes that digest protein and bile from the duodenum, you may be wondering why acid makes up the other half of the name for this condition. Thi…
