Question : How can I tell if I have acid reflux disease?
When I eat spicy foods I pay in a big way, is there a way to tell if I have acid reflux disease?
acid reflux disease

Best answer:

Answer by Taylor M
Do symtoms increase when you lie down ? Like do you wake up at night with heartburn , or even vomiting ?

GERD can be compared to a valve failure between the stomach and the food-pipe . This valve due to many causes will leak and allow fluid from the stomach (which contains hydrochloric acid and powerful digestive juices) to pass to the food-pipe and even up to the mouth , causing a burning sensation in the chest and throat , and sometimes even severe pain as the stomach juice burns through the inner walls of the food-pipe .

Definite diagnosis requires ENDOSCOPY , 24 hour pH monitoring of the ESOPHAGUS (food-pipe) , also a barium meal contrast study to show how stomach contents return back into the food-pipe .

HEY !!!
I will tell you a cheap practical way to definitely tell if your indigestion is caused by GERD or something else !!
Simply take an ANTACID syrup or tablets when you feel the discomfort , if it gets better right away , then you most likely have GERD !!