Heartburn sensation in esophagitis is mainly caused by gastric acid or bile reflux and so on.
When esophagitis attacks, the esophageal mucosa will appear congestion, edema and other abnormalities, which can easily cause gastric acid or bile reflux, the esophageal mucosa caused by irritation, resulting in the esophagus to appear heartburn sensation.
At the same time, patients with esophagitis are often accompanied by cardia sphincter relaxation or insufficiency, when eating too much or lying down after eating, the gastric pressure rises, which makes the food in the stomach easily refluxed into the esophagus, and the gastric acid or bile in the refluxed food causes irritation to the esophageal mucosa, which aggravates the congestion and edema of the esophageal mucosa, and may even lead to ulceration of the esophageal mucosa. As a result, it can lead to heartburn.
If you have heartburn in esophagitis, you need to go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment to avoid delaying your condition.