Causes and Symptoms of Acidity

Most of the times, acidity is does not cause any serious medical problem. Acidity is very common problem. Someone experiences attacks of acidity few times in a year or even just once in a year. Sudden start of acidity is generally caused due to foods that you eat. There are many causes of acidity. The food in the stomach is incompletely digested by abdomen acid and enzymes, which are particular chemicals that help to smash down food so that other organs of body can use it. But some time excess of acid produced in stomach, which is not required. That extra acid mainly caused acidity. This extra stomach acid travels backwards into the esophagus, cause soreness, inflammation and pain.

Basically acidity is caused due to fatty foods, cigarettes, alcohol, chocolate, caffeine (including coffee and tea), obesity, pregnancy and late stomach emptying. Obesity and pregnancy boost up the pressure inside the abdomen, which push stomach contents reverse into the esophagus. Some people experience acidity problem repeatedly and have a state called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Following are the main symptoms of acidity:

Restlessness and constant pain in the stomach.
In some cases nausea and vomiting
Sometimes stomachache is also experience
Sour belches and Constant passing off wind with smell
Sense of some sore taste in the mouth.
Respiratory trouble with coughing.