Women have surprising risk factors: Tight clothes and pregnancy.
If you regularly wear tight-fitting underpants, Spanx and control-top pantyhose, tight belts or snug pants, you might have more digestion problems than those who don't.
Baby and Burn
About 20% of women feel heartburn in the first trimester of pregnancy, 40% in the second trimester and 70% in the third trimester, Dr. Gulati says.
Blame a surge in progesterone, which relaxes all the smooth muscles and ligaments in the body, she says.
"The lower esophageal sphincter – the opening between the esophagus and stomach – also relaxes," she says. "As the fetus grows, intra-abdominal pressure increases, which also challenges the sphincter."
Being overweight or obese before becoming pregnant is a double whammy. And women who had heartburn before pregnancy are more likely to feel discomfort while carrying.
Pregnancy's cravings can also bring on the burn, so avoid eating junk food or large, high-fat meals, especially late at night.
But when you just can't resist that pickle, onion and peanut butter sandwich, you can safely ease the pain with natural and over-the-counter remedies.
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