Also refer to over-eating, diet, spicy food, stomach acids, digestion, gastroesophageal reflux disease, indigestion, chest pains, heart attack, School for Champions, Kurtus Technologies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Copyright Restrictions . This consists of a burning feeling rising from the stomach to the throat, and is often felt as an intense pain in the chest.
Treatment usually consists of a change of eating habits.
This lesson will answer those questions. There is a mini-quiz toward the end of this lesson. What causes heartburn When you eat too much or eat food that causes the stomach to secrete excess acids, those stomach acids may leak from the stomach back up into the esophagus, causing a burning pain or dull ache just about where you think your heart ought to be, right behind your breastbone. Heartburn can also occur if you exercise too soon after a big meal. Exercise often slows down the digestive process, resulting in excess acids splashing around.