I have heartburn, should i keep drinking and forget about it?

Answer 1

Tums? Gaviscon? Ignore these Idiots. Heartburn is your body's way of telling you that you're not drinking enough turpentine or white spirit. Like my granny always said, if it can remove paint it'll make mincemeat of heartburn.

Answer 2

Have you had this heartburn before? Are You sure its Heartburn-any pain or intense pressure radiating from chest into left shoulder,arm? Any intense sweating????Hey its your life but I would stop drinking an if the heartburn does not go away then I'd go to Emergency and get checked better safe than dead

Answer 3

Alcohol Consumption and Heartburn


Alcohol consumption affects everyone differently. For some, a beer or cocktail is a way to unwind and relax. But for others, the relaxation that takes place involves the LES, or the lower esophageal sphincter, and this can trigger heartburn.

Drinking alcohol can contribute to heartburn in several ways. Alcohol consumption can increase the relaxation of the LES - the natural valve that keeps stomach acid in the stomach and out of the esophagus - allowing acid to reflux, or flow backward, into the esophagus when it normally would not. The acid irritates the wall of the esophagus, causing heartburn. Alcohol can also trigger heartburn by causing the progressive contractions that occur with swallowing to become erratic. Normally, the muscles of the esophagus contract and relax in order to carry food from the throat to the stomach, and to prevent acids from backing up from the stomach into the esophagus. An irregular rhythm can allow acid to enter the esophagus and trigger heartburn symptoms.

In addition to affecting the function of the LES, drinking beer and wine can increase the amount of acid produced in the stomach. Alcohol can also make the esophagus more sensitive to harsh acid, and cause inflammation, or swelling, in its protective lining.

Alcohol is just one of many triggers that can bring on heartburn. Learning to recognize what triggers heartburn for you is an important step toward preventing the condition. By recording daily activities associated with your heartburn episodes and lessening or avoiding these triggers, you may be able to prevent or lessen the severity of your heartburn. Each person’s body responds differently, so you should make individual changes that work for you.

Answer 4

Are you referring to liquor as the drink? I don't think so, I ignored my heart burns for years. My esophagus is corrode and now I have to have treatments known as an esophagus dilation. It is no fun. They ram this tube down your throat to open and the place a cone (just like the ones you see to slow traffic when workers are at work that are orange.) At first they start with a small cone, now I'm unable to continue these treatments, per the doctor. Now my esophagus spas's out, it is so painful it is almost like a heart attack.

So the moral of this story is to do something now about your heart burns. It can become very serious.

Answer 5

If You mean Drinking Alcoholic Beverages---I STRONGLY ADVISE you to Consult a Doctor as soon as Possible. Your Esophagus Could Be Eroded By the Alcoholic Beverages You are Consuming.If it HAS Eroded(Ulcerated--GOT A HOLE IN IT!)your Throat--Then Your Stomach is'nt Very Far From Being Ulcerated ALSO. The Fun you are Having By Drinking---HAS NO COMPARRISON TO THE EXTREME PAIN AND EXPENSE ULCERS WILL BRING YOU !!!!!! It COULD take many Years Off of your LIFE !!! You may be saying, NAAA That won't Happen to ME ! We like to consider ourselves SUPERMAN when it comes to Endurance,I See People Every Day Who WILL NOT take Constructive Criticism to HEART !!! It Pains me to see so many people trying to Get rid of their problems with DRINK. we act like Sheep When it comes to our Health.....If George is doing it and it workes for him then I can do it too !!! We ALL have different Resistances and Sensativities To the Things WE CONSUME !!! Your "Heart-BURN" is The Alcohol Eating Away at Your Esophagus !!! We Don't Like to hear things like this, BUT, Your Drinking Buddys Aren't Going to tell you the TRUTH,they want a Drinking Partner---As LONG as you will Last !!! My PROFESSIONAL ADVICE to you is get to your Doctor,as soon as possible----And Find something Else to drink! You will feel a lot better when you realize You Have ADDER YEARS to your LIFE !!! Don't Think over the counter remedys will help "ease" the Pain...That ULCER you may already have Will be Bleeding away,not caring what you try...Get Professional HELP NOW!!! I Hope ,For Your Sake it can be taken care of without you going through too much Pain or Expense....Signed---JEM

Answer 6

Are you sure it's heartburn? When do you get it?is it after exercise, eating or drinking alcohol? You should go and see your GP as angina pain is often mistaken for heartburn.

Answer 7

Keep drinking and very soon you will forget not only heartburn, but everything.

Answer 8

If you have it a lot it could be serious. Anything from acid reflux to your heart. You should have a check-up. My friend is only 36 and had heartburn everyday. He had to have triple bypass surgery.

Answer 9

Don't know what you're drinking, but I would stay away from wine and go to beer. The acids will really get to you. Find a Tums or something.

Answer 10

depends what your drinking

alchohol NO-stop or you'll make it worse!
take a gaviscon or rennies tablet ot two and a glass of mik- nice if warmed with a (little) honey, milk is not acidic (well it is but its so slight that it can be ignored), so the milk will help calm your heart burn.

if its just water, then as long as its not sparking, bottoms up- though milk is a better idea.