1 Caffeine's not your friend if you have acid reflux. 2  Caffeine seems to be the main culprit by relaxing the sphincter muscle that normally keeps stomach acid from bubbling up the esophagus. 3  Decaf coffee has significantly less of a reflux effect, studies have found.
meniscus noun [ C ] (BODY PART) âº anatomy a curved piece of cartilage inside a joint (= place where two bones are connected) of the body such as the knee. âº physics on a liquid, a surface that curves either out or in as a result of surface tension.
I think stress is part of the problem. I have a torn meniscus and the doctor wouldn't do surgery. He said it would not fix the problem, because the tear was in the white part, which has no blood vessels. It has caused great trauma to my whole body and this is when I started with the symptoms.