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Here Is One Of The Most Surprising Causes For Acidity!

Check out this article, if you want to know one of the shocking causes for heartburn!

By Chandana Rao

Do you often feel a burning sensation in your stomach and chest, especially after meals? If yes, then you could be suffering from a common ailment known as acidity.

Now, we know that in our lifetimes, we could be suffering from a number of diseases and ailments.

Right from our birth to the time we are on our deathbeds, any disease could affect us, at any point of time.

So, one can never be too careful when it comes to taking care of one's own health.

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A disease could affect any part of our body and these could either be minor ones which can be treated easily, or serious disorders which have no cure!

Whatever could be the degree of seriousness of a disease, these can always come in the way of a person's aim to lead a happy life!

So, it is extremely important to look out for symptoms and identify the causes for your disease, so that they can be treated before it is too late!

Now, most diseases have specific causes and so, it becomes easier to treat the disease.

However, there are some ailments which may have certain surprising causes that we would not have even thought about!

In such cases, treatment could take much longer, as the cause has to be identified first.

As we may know, acidity is a digestive ailment in which the secretion of digestive acids are more than normal in the intestines, causing heartburn.

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Gas, indigestion, burning sensation in the chest, stomach pain, nausea, constipation, etc., are all some of the symptoms of acidity.

The main cause for acidity is an unhealthy diet; however, recent research studies have said that even stress can cause acidity!

Yes, so, learn all about this surprising cause for acidity, here.

How Stress Can Cause Acidity
Most of us experience a certain degree of stress on a regular basis, right?

Especially if we have pressurising jobs, hard subjects to study, financial problems, relationship issues, etc.

There could also be some people who could be experiencing more stress than normal, on a daily basis.

Now, as we may already know, stress can have a very negative effect on our health.

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Imagine the last time you were extremely stressed, you may have had a headache, experienced fatigue, nausea, etc., right?

Well, stress is even linked to play a key role in the development of certain serious diseases like heart ailments, high blood pressure and even cancer!

That is because stress releases a hormone known as cortisol in the body, which can cause certain ailments.

A recent study published in Internal Medicine magazine, said that stress could be one of the major causes for the development of acidity, even if the person is leading a fairly healthy lifestyle!

According to this study, when a person is experiencing chronic stress, the cortisol hormone levels in the body can trigger the production of excess stomach acids, causing acidity.

So, in conclusion, stress can be one of the lesser known causes for acidity.

Story first published: Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 16:54 [IST]
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