Reflux Esophagitis

Something inside you is running backward. What should go downward — taken in, digested, processed — is pressing back up. Stomach acid, made for the stomach, lands in the esophagus where it doesn't belong. And there, hour after hour, day after day, it begins to burn. Your throat becomes raw. The mucous membrane that carries words and food downward loses its protective layer. Every swallow reminds you of something that no longer flows the way it should.