Heartburn and Acid Reflux

If you are experiencing heartburn, indigestion and other digestive discomfort after eating wheat-based foods then there is a good chance that your body has difficulty producing the enzymes that are needed to break down wheat. This can mean you are gluten intolerent, or simply sensitive to wheat and other gluten grains like rye and barley. [...]

Some people experience indigestion and heartburn after eating certain fruits. But is it the fruit causing the problem, or an underlying condition? There are two types of fruit which may cause symptoms of heartburn in some people: citrus fruits (e.g. orange, lime, lemon) and tomatoes. Since people react in different ways to various types of [...]

Heartburn is listed as a side effect of the medication Levoquin. This medication is an antibiotic which is used to treat serious bacterial infections. The online health community Medhelp.org contains quite a number of comments from Levoquin users about heartburn. However it it often a case of the vocal minority that expresses concern about side [...]