{"id":4539,"date":"2018-02-20T11:10:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T11:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2023-04-20T06:07:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T06:07:54","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-indigestion-and-heart-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/gastroenterology\/what-is-the-difference-between-indigestion-and-heart-burn\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between Indigestion and Heart burn?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people think that indigestion and heartburn are the same things but quite often heartburn<\/a> is one of the symptoms of indigestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Causes of indigestion
\n<\/strong>\u2022 Eating too much
\n\u2022 Eating too fast
\n\u2022 Too much coffee or alcohol
\n\u2022 Eating fatty or spicy foods
\n\u2022 Smoking<\/a>
\n
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Causes of heartburn
\n<\/strong>\u2022 Coffee or alcohol
\n\u2022 Medication
\n\u2022 Carbonated drinks
\n\u2022 Chocolate
\n\u2022 Acidic juices
\n\u2022 Acidic foods
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Symptoms of indigestion
\n<\/strong>\u2022 Feeling of discomfort
\n\u2022 Pain in upper abdomen
\n\u2022 Nausea
\n\u2022 Burping
\n\u2022 Flatulence
\n\u2022 Bloating<\/a>
\n
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Symptoms of heartburn<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Difficulty in swallowing
\n\u2022 Chronic cough
\n\u2022 Burning in upper abdomen
\n\u2022 Persistent sore throat
\n\u2022 Regurgitation of foodstuff with a taste of acid in the throat
\n\u2022 Persistent hoarseness or laryngitis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Treatment for indigestion<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Eat small meals, more frequently
\n\u2022 Don\u2019t lie down immediately after eating
\n\u2022 Don\u2019t smoke
\n\u2022 Reduce coffee and alcohol
\n\u2022 Don\u2019t wear clothes that are too tight fitting around the chest<\/td>\n		\u00a0Treatment for heartburn<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Don\u2019t eat late night snacks
\n\u2022 If on medication, consult doctor about acidity
\n\u2022 Sip water to keep pH levels in your mouth level
\n\u2022 Have a glass of water with a pinch of baking soda
\n\u2022 Avoid acidic foods and juices
\n\u2022 Avoid coffee and alcohol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Many people think that indigestion and heartburn are the same things but quite often heartburn is one of the symptoms of indigestion. Causes of indigestion \u2022 Eating too much \u2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gastroenterology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4539"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8874,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4539\/revisions\/8874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}