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Kelly: EVERY THURSDAY WE'RE
TAKING A LOOK AT A HEALTH ISSUE
OR CONCERN AFFECTING MANY
PEOPLE.
BREAKING DOWN INFORMATION FOR
YOU AND TELLING YOU WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOU
HEALTHY.
DOCTOR KALANI BRADY JOINS US
WITH THIS WEEK'S TOPIC,
HEARTBURN ALL THE TIME.
THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE.
ABOUT 20% ADULT AMERICANS
SUFFER FROM HAR HEARTBURN.
Kelly: PRETTY HIGH.
THEY USUALLY DON'T GO TO THE
DOCTOR.
Kelly: RIGHT.
BECAUSE IT'S COMMON AND THEY
THEMSELVES.
WHAT IS HEARTBURN?
HEARTBURN IS PAIN IN THIS
AREA OF THE STOMACH.
IN THE EPIGSA
FEELING OF NAUSEA.
A FULLNESS IN THIS UPPER
HEARTBURN BEFORE.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT I
DO GET IT SOMETIMES.
DOES IT HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE
LAYING DOWN AFTER YOU EAT?
YES.
Kelly: OKAY.
IMPLODE
GOOD TO KNOW.
IS THERE ANY DISEASES ASSOCIATED
WITH HEARTBURN?
YES.
HEARTBURN DON'T HAVE A DISEASE
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND CAN TREAT IT
SYMPTOMATICALLY.
25% DO HAVE A DISEASE, WHICH CAN
BE PETED -- TREATED AND YOU CAN
ALLEVIATE THE HEARTBURN.
DISEASES THAT FREQUENTLY CAUSE
HEARTBURN ARE PEPTIC ULCER
DISEASE.
REFLUX DISEASE WHICH YOU MAY
HAVE FELT WHEN YOU'RE LYING DOWN
FLAT.
BILIARY PAIN IS IN THE RIGHT
UPPER QUADRON AND FREQUENTLY
WILL RADIATE TO THE RIGHT BACK
OR SHOULDER.
ASSOCIATED WILL NOSES YA, --
CAUSED BY EATING FATTY FOODS.
Kelly: ARE THESE MORE THAN
CAUSE AND EFFECT?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE HEARTBURN?
THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
HEARTBURN IS A SYMPTOM OF THESE
DISEASES.
THERE ARE THE RARE CANCERS OF
THE STOMACH, PANCREAS CAN CAUSE
SO IF SOMEONE DOES HAVE
HEARTBURN, WHAT ARE TREATMENTS?
AFTER HAVING A WORK UP WITH
YOUR DOCTOR, IMMEDIATE RELIEF,
IMMEDIATE GO-TO IS ANTACIDS.
FOR HEARTBURN, IF YOU HAVE TRUE
HEARTBURN, YOU DRINK THE
ANTACID, AND WITHIN MINUTES YOU
CAN HAVE RELIEF OF THE PAIN.
THEY'RE VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, WE CAME
OUT WITH THE H-2 BLOCKERS LIKE
RANITIDIDINE, WHICH ARE SO SAFE
THEY'RE OVER-THE-COUNTER.
THERE ARE THE PPI'S, WHICH HAVE
BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
THIS ONE, OMEPRAZOLE IS SO SAFE
IT'S OVER-THE-COUNTER.
IT COMPLETE STOPS ACID
Kelly: SO THIS ONE YOU
COULD GET OVER-THE-COUNTER.
YES.
Kelly: THIS WORKS
INSTANTANEOUSLY?
IT HELPS MORE LONG TERM.
IT TURNS OVER THE ACID SO IT
WON'T RELIEVE THE PAIN
IMMEDIATELY.
THE ANTACIDS RELIEVE THE PAIN
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
Kelly: THESE ARE THE ONES
YOU SHOULD GET FOR LONG TERM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. BRADY.
AND NEXT WEEK YOU'LL BE BACK.
HOW TO PREPARE FOR YOUR
DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.
Kelly: I NEED TO PREPARE
MENTALLY EVERY TIME.
IT'S ALWAYS, I DON'T KNOW WHY
I'VE NEVER HAD HEALTH ISSUES BUT
IT'S SCARY GOING IN FOR ME.
AND AS WE AGE, THERE'S A
SHOPPING LIST FREQUENTLY OF
THINGS WE HAVE TO ASK ABOUT, AND