Symptoms of Heartburn

Symptoms of Heartburn

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Heartburn includes the 7 symptoms listed below:

• Stomach discomfort
• Chest pain
• Throat pain
• Reflux
• Chest pain at the breastbone
• See also symptoms of reflux
• Acid taste in mouth
• more information...»

Research symptoms & diagnosis of Heartburn:

• Overview -- Heartburn
• Diagnostic Tests for Heartburn
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Complications -- Heartburn
• Doctors & Specialists
• Misdiagnosis and Alternative Diagnoses
• Hidden Causes of Heartburn
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Heartburn: Complications

Review medical complications possibly associated with Heartburn:

• Esophagitis
• Esophagus ulcers
• Barrett's esophagus
• more complications...»

Research More About Heartburn

Do I have Heartburn?

• Heartburn: Introduction
• Heartburn: Diagnostic Testing to confirm diagnosis
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Alternative diagnoses and misdiagnosis for Heartburn
• Failure to Diagnose Heartburn
• Hidden Causes of Heartburn
• Treatments for Heartburn
• More about Heartburn

Heartburn: Medical Mistakes

• GERD -- Health Mistakes
• Heartburn -- Health Mistakes
• Acid Reflux -- Health Mistakes
• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Heartburn: Undiagnosed Conditions

Diseases that may be commonly undiagnosed in related medical areas:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Heartburn:

• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
  • Home Food Allergy Tests
  • Home Food Intolerance Testing
  • Home Water Testing
  • Home Lead Poisoning Tests
  • Home Heavy Metal Poisoning Tests
• Digestive-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Stomach Ulcer Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Test Kits
• more home tests...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Heartburn?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Heartburn includes:

• Heart attack - the failure to identify chest pain as heart attack with the presumption of heartburn is common and sometimes deadly. Heartburn is not the only cause of chest pain
• Other causes of symptom chest pain
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Hiatal hernia
• Gastritis
• more diagnoses...»

See the full list of 16 alternative diagnoses for Heartburn

Heartburn: Research Doctors & Specialists

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
  • Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
• more specialists...»

Research all specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

More about symptoms of Heartburn:

More information about symptoms of Heartburn and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Heartburn
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Heartburn
• Underlying causes of Heartburn
• Risk factors for Heartburn

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Acid taste in mouth - see all causes of Acidic tastes
• Chest pain - see all causes of Chest pain
• Chest pain at the breastbone - see all causes of Chest pain
• Reflux - see all causes of Heartburn
• See also symptoms of reflux
• Stomach discomfort - see all causes of Stomach cramps
• Throat pain - see all causes of Throat pain

Medical Books Online about Heartburn

Medical Books Excerpts Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Heartburn are available from published medical books for more detailed information about Heartburn.

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Symptoms of Heartburn: Online Medical Books

16 MEDICAL BOOKS ONLINE! Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration, for more information about the symptoms of Heartburn.

Esophageal diverticula: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Midesophageal and epiphrenic diverticula with an associated motor disturbance (achalasia or spasm) seldom produce symptoms, although the patient may experience dysphagia and heartburn. Zenker’s diverticulum, however, produces distinctly staged symptoms, beginning with initial throat irritation followed by dysphagia and near-complete obstruction. In early stages, regurgitation occurs soon after eating; in later stages, regurgitation after eating is delayed and may even occur during sleep, leading to food aspiration and pulmonary infection.

ELDER TIP Hoarseness, asthma, and pneumonitis may be the only signs of esophageal diverticula in elderly patients.

Other signs and symptoms include noise when liquids are swallowed, chronic cough, hoarseness, a bad taste in the mouth or foul breath and, rarely, bleeding.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Esophageal diverticula: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Traction and epiphrenic diverticula with an associated motor disturbance (achalasia or spasm) seldom produce symptoms but may cause dysphagia, heartburn, and regurgitation from associated esophageal conditions, such as hiatal hernia, diffuse esophageal spasm, achalasia, reflux esophagitis, and cancer. Zenker’s diverticulum produces distinctly staged symptoms: initially, throat irritation and, later, dysphagia and near-complete obstruction.

In early stages, regurgitation occurs soon after eating; in later stages, regurgitation after eating is delayed and may even occur during sleep, leading to food aspiration and pulmonary infection. Other symptoms include noise when liquids are swallowed, chronic cough, hoarseness, a bad taste in the mouth, and halitosis.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Eosinophilic Esophagitis - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)

• Vomiting
• Regurgitation
• Dysphagia
• Nausea
• Epigastric pain
• Heartburn
• Chest pain
• Esophageal food impaction
• Irritability/Feeding difficulties
• Nighttime cough
• Other complications that can occur with EE include failure to thrive, malnutrition, feeding intolerance, esophageal strictures, hiatal hernia, small caliber esophagus and esophageal perforation. Esophageal fungal or viral superinfection may also occur. Any patient who is being considered for surgical correction of gastroesophageal reflux (fundoplication) should first be evaluated endoscopically for EE to prevent unnecessary surgery.

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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008

Heartburn as a symptom:

For a more detailed analysis of Heartburn as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Heartburn.

Medical news summaries about symptoms of Heartburn:

The following medical news items are relevant to the signs and symptoms of Heartburn:

• Heartburn is common but avoidable
• More news »

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Diagnostic Testing for a Diagnosis of Heartburn
• Research Alternative Diagnoses for Heartburn
• More about Heartburn
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Lesser known silent killer diseases
• Books on signs and symptoms

Full list of premium articles on symptoms and diagnosis

About signs and symptoms of Heartburn:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Heartburn. This signs and symptoms information for Heartburn has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Heartburn signs or Heartburn symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Heartburn may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Heartburn symptoms.