There are many reasons why heartburn occurs and most of the time you are unaware until you finally experience the symptoms and signs. One of the risk factor of having heartburn is it can develop into esophagitis.
Smoking is one of the reason that can affect Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) to function. With this, acid will be surely reflux into the esophagus and if LES suddenly fails, heartburn will happen. The common foods that we eat and drink like grapes, chocolate and drinks with caffeine can increase stomach acid.
However, if you want to be relieved from experiencing heartburn, you should first avoid yourself from eating and drinking foods that will increase the acid on your stomach. Click the link to know information on how to treat heartburn: http://tinyurl.com/nrznp7d
