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The painful, burning sensation is caused by rising stomach acid. It moves from your stomach, where the lining is resistant to its corrosive effects, up into your esophagus, the lining of which is not similarly protected. It can climb all the way from the bottom of the esophagus all the way up into the throat.
Heavy feeling in chest should be considered a warning sign from the body, and medical opinion by a physician becomes necessary to rule out any serious disease. Causes of heavy chest feeling can be acute or chronic. Acute causes of heavy chest feeling are. Gastritis or esophagitis: Chest pain involving the lower chest and upper abdomen, and increases on swallowing or after eating food.