A doctor has issued a warning to anyone who regularly suffers from heartburn.

Dr Sermd Mezher, a London-based GP, says suffering with “just a bit of heartburn” could lead onto something much more serious in the future if it is ignored time after time.

In a video on TikTok, he explained: “Our stomach is made to handle acid and there’s a sphincter that stops it from going back into the food pipe – but sometimes it doesn’t work.

“Around a third of people experience this and we call it…