Acid reflux occurs when there is acid backflow from the stomach into the esophagus. This happens commonly but can cause complications or troublesome symptoms, such as heartburn. While just about everyone experiences episodes of heartburn from time to time, heartburn that occurs more than once a week, may indicate something more, such as GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The long-awaited holiday meal traditions have been consumed, and we have returned to our daily routines, then, you feel it – that all too familiar burning heartburn sensation. While most experience occasional heartburn or indigestion from time to time, heartburn that occurs more than once a week may indicate something more serious.