Heartburn from water: why it occurs, what to do

A burning sensation behind the breastbone after eating is a common situation. Heartburn appears from overeating, malnutrition, problems with the digestive system and gastrointestinal tract. But heartburn from water also happens. The reasons for its occurrence and ways to eliminate such a nuisance are discussed in the article.

Causes of the appearance of heartburn from drinking water

Water is the source of life. For the normal functioning of the body, a person needs to drink at least 1.5 liters per day, not counting the rest of the fluids. Moisture stimulates digestion, fills tissue cells in the body, allows you to cleanse yourself on time, regularly. But some people experience an unpleasant burning sensation after drinking a glass of water.

Possible reasons:

• The intake of a large amount of water in the stomach immediately after eating.
• Use of purified, filtered water or from a cooler.
• The state of pregnancy in women.
• Diseases of the stomach.
• Mineral, sparkling water.
• The water is contaminated with a large number of microorganisms.
• Insufficient intake into the body during the day.

The health of the digestive system directly depends on the quality of food and fluids entering the body. Poor-quality fluid is a common cause of unpleasant symptoms in the form of a burning sensation behind the breastbone.

Qualitative composition of water

Water of different composition is used:

• Flowing from the tap;
• From the cooler;
• Filtered;
• Purchased, industrially cleaned.

From the tap

Tap water is not of the best quality to be consumed raw. The water supply system becomes contaminated over time. Plaque, rust appears in the pipes, microorganisms develop. By consuming running water in its raw form, a person will not die on the same day, but risk the development of gastrointestinal diseases, the appearance of heartburn. Patients with a history of stomach diagnoses will develop an exacerbation of the disease due to water of this quality. Microorganisms, dirt, excess salts, getting on the gastric mucosa, cause irritation, the release of a large amount of gastric juice, an increase in acidity, which causes a burning sensation, pain.

Purified water

In recent decades, health-conscious people prefer to drink purified water.

This can be water from a cooler, purified by home filters, purchased, filtered by an industrial method. Cleaning gets rid of impurities, harmful substances, but is able to make water an empty, useless drink. Distilled - does not contain harmful trace elements, impurities, dirt. But there is no use in it. After cleaning, useful compounds are removed along with harmful substances. For example, there are no magnesium and calcium salts in such a liquid. These two elements interact with gastric acid hydrochloric acid. In their absence, an excess amount of gastric juice is formed, and along the way, and heartburn. This composition also does not bring benefits for the work of internal organs.

Purchased bottled water falls into the aforementioned category - purified liquid. Choosing water in a supermarket, a person drinks a liquid that is empty in terms of quality composition.

Many people prefer water from barrels, artesian, from a well. But often the consumer forgets about cleaning containers, pumps for pumping liquid from a pump. In reusable bottles, pumps, tubes, microorganisms accumulate and multiply. Instead of high-quality drinking, it is easy to get ailments of the digestive system in the form of pain, burning, after water. It must be remembered that prolonged drinking of purified water, devoid of salts necessary for the body, leads to a decrease in the performance of the stomach. Vessels, tissues, muscles of the whole organism suffer.

Mineral

People with stomach diseases are often treated with mineral water, but they get the opposite effect. The fact is that the composition of each drink is useful, but intended for a certain category of people with different health conditions. It is supposed to carefully study the composition, consult with a gastroenterologist, take the exclusively recommended form, suitable for the individual. An improperly selected drink can increase heartburn and even lead to additional difficulties in the form of frequent belching after drinking, stomach pain.

To eliminate heartburn, you need to use sodium bicarbonate mineral water. It reacts with the hydrochloric acid of the stomach, lowers the acidity for a certain period. Heartburn recedes.

People with heartburn should avoid soda or vent the bottle before drinking. A large accumulation of gases expands the walls of the stomach, presses on the vessels, valves, irritates the mucous membranes, and causes inflammation. In case of stomach diseases, it is shown to avoid carbonated drinks not only in the stage of exacerbation of the disease, but also in the stage of remission.

Inadequate fluid intake

For the full functioning of the internal organs, a sufficient water-salt balance in the body is required. With a lack of moisture, all the mucous membranes of the internal organs suffer, losing proper functioning. With an unbalanced diet, non-compliance with the drinking regimen, gastric and intestinal diseases develop. Heartburn is one of the first symptoms of a lack of moisture.

Compliance with the drinking balance reduces acidity, liquefies thick food, facilitating the process of digestion, moving through the esophagus. At the same time, safe movement along the entire path of digestion is ensured, without damaging the mucous organs of digestion, intestines.

But this does not mean that a large volume of fluid is healthier. Too much water flow dilutes gastric juice and delays the digestion process. Putrefactive masses appear, the development of pathogenic microflora as a result of diseases of the digestive system and, at least, heartburn.

Pregnancy state

A pregnant woman, being at a long period of gestation, can suddenly feel heartburn. A burning sensation is caused by plain water. In healthy women, without gastrointestinal diseases, this condition often raises questions. Reason: the growing fetus and with it the uterus press on all the digestive organs. When water enters the stomach, the gastric sphincter cannot hold back under fetal pressure and opens. In this case, part of the hydrochloric acid enters the esophagus, causing a burning sensation.

The described situation does not require treatment. Usually, everything goes along with delivery. A woman who is pregnant should take food and liquids often in small portions. Switching to fractional meals and small sips of drinking throughout the day will eliminate the burning sensation.

Prophylaxis

In order for an ordinary glass of water to quench your thirst, and not cause heartburn, you should adhere to certain rules:

• Refusal from carbonated water.
• Boiling.
• Sufficient fluid intake, at least 1.5 liters per day for an adult.
• Refusal to drink and eat at the same time. Preference to drink liquid half an hour after a meal.

A person who is not burdened with complex diseases of the digestive tract can be helped by a simple remedy for heartburn. Every day you need to drink a glass of warm water with lemon in the morning, an hour before breakfast. Citric acid differs in composition with hydrochloric acid of gastric juice, there is no need to be afraid of an exacerbation of the burning sensation. In addition, lemon, with regular use of the drink, can help cleanse the liver ducts, which has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the digestive system. The drink is drunk warm and fresh. No need to cook in the evening. It is enough to squeeze a tablespoon of lemon in the morning after waking up.

You should switch to proper nutrition, balance the diet. Perhaps the manifestation of heartburn is not associated with drinking, but with the ingestion of harmful, incompatible foods into the stomach. A glass of water only puts pressure on the walls of the stomach, in which undigested food remains for a long time. As a result, heartburn occurs.

Water can have a beneficial effect on health, you just need to try to use it correctly. It is prescribed to maintain the temperature at room temperature, drink in small sips. After eating, maintain an interval of at least half an hour. An hour before a meal, a glass of water will bring much more benefits to the body. Water drunk in the morning after waking up on an empty stomach will start all digestion processes, wake up the body, and prepare for breakfast.

For a healthy person, it is enough to adhere to preventive recommendations. For people with diseases of the stomach and other digestive organs, a complete examination is shown. A course of treatment is required, which will relieve heartburn, and will improve the proper functioning of the body.