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Heartburn that's lasted a week.
Been having a heartburn for a week now and it hasn't seemed to clear up. I've searched some symptoms and I don't have majority of them only the fact that it sometimes burns my throat a little. I've tried using antacids to help clear it out but the heart burn just returns half an hour later. Anything I can do?
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Dr. Govind Satheesh
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5 yrs exp
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The following lifestyle changes could help:
- Don't skip meals, you may not feel like eating but in such conditions you should have the reduced amount in frequent intervals(i.e. 3 square meals broken down to 5 or 6 as you can tolerate) and slowly increase as you get better.
- Reduce/ Avoid spicy,fried, fatty, junk and oily food
- Avoid/ Limit drinking coffee, tea and carbonated drinks to once a day
- Exercise regularly
- Increase daily intake of water to 3liters
- Avoid/Stop smoking and drinking
- Reduce stress through methods such as yoga/meditation.
- Avoid painkillers as it will increase your gastric problems at this moment.
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