Heartburn during pregnancy: Causes and Treatments

    You know the disgusting feeling of burning inside? It's heartburn. It occurs when stomach acid throws its contents into the esophagus. Heartburn is a frequent companion of pregnancy, usually after the birth of her not remember. The main causes of heartburn in pregnancy is a change in intra-abdominal pressure and the occurrence of changes in pregnant women.

    Hormones. In pregnancy, progesterone appears in the body. This hormone produces a relaxing effect on muscles almost all organs. In particular, it affects the esophageal muscle (sphincter), which blocks access to the esophagus of stomach acid. Causing relaxation of the muscles, helps to get progestoron acid into the esophagus, hence the appearance of heartburn.


    Also, the passage of acid from the stomach into the esophagus contributes to hiatal hernia, which does not allow the sphincter to perform its task. For treatment of heartburn during pregnancy, various medicines, folk remedies, alkaline mineral water, a variety of diets. Some good advice for the treatment of heartburn in pregnancy:

1. In order to forget about heartburn during pregnancy, especially not eat greasy and fried foods, coffee, strong tea and fizzy drinks.

2. It is better to eat small amounts, 5-6 times per day, preferably in the same time.

3. In your diet a pregnant woman must necessarily include milk and dairy products, lean meats, fresh vegetables.

4. After the meal is necessary to stand or sit, in such a situation the body disappears likelihood of heartburn.

5. Often, pregnant women are constipation, which as far as possible should be avoided. During constipation, increased abdominal pressure, and it provokes the appearance of heartburn.