Health Tip: If Heartburn Doesn’t Go Away

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If eating the right foods and taking medication doesn’t ease your heartburn, there may be a bigger issue.

The American College of Gastroenterology says you should be concerned about heartburn symptoms if you’re:

• Having a difficult time swallowing or feeling that you have food stuck in your chest.
• Vomiting blood, or seeing blood in your bowel movements, which probably makes them black and tar-like.
• Feeling like you’re choking from acid traveling up the windpipe, causing coughing, shortness of breath and a hoarse voice.
• Losing weight unintentionally.

Source: HealthDay

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