Acid Reflux Treatment

While acid reflux is the expulsion of caustic stomach acids into the esophagus, bile reflux occurs when the flow of bile from the small intestine flow upward into the stomach and esophagus. Bile is a greenish yellow substance that plays an important role in digesting food, absorbing fat and eliminating red blood spent and certain toxins from the body. Bile is produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder in a concentrated form, and even a modest amount of fat in a meal, activates the gallbladder to release bile.

This phenomenon can also occur during pregnancy or occur because of obesity and the excessive bending over and lifting heavy weights. A peptic ulcer can also contribute greatly – and be a cause of – reflux of bile. The frequent heartburn, nausea, vomiting and bile to occasionally cough or hoarseness may be symptomatic of reflux of bile. (more…)