How to Control Acid Reflux - E-book - ePub

How to Control A?id R?fluxHeartburn u?u?ll? ki?k? in wh?n ??u lie d?wn to sleep, ?????i?ll? after a h??v? meal. Y?u wake u? in the middle of th? night with a fir? in ??ur thr??t ?nd a ??ur taste in ??ur mouth. A blob ?f something vil? ???? up fr?m your stomach ?nd ??u have to spit it ?ut. Aft?r you get rid of it, your throat feels ??r? ?nd ??u sound h??r?? when you t?lk. S?m?tim?? ??u ?t?rt to cough or your chest sounds wh??z?.
What ??u h?v? ?x??ri?n??d is h??rtburn... which has n?thing t? d? with ??ur h??rt. It h????n? wh?n ?t?m??h ??id?, whi?h ??u u?? to digest ??ur f??d, fl?w b??k int? your ?????h?gu? (th? l?ng tub? between your m?uth and ??ur stomach). Th??? ??id? irrit?t? and burn th? lining ?f ??ur oesophagus ?nd throat. Ev?r??n? experiences some h??rtburn n?w and th?n. But it can b???m? ?hr?ni?, i? recur constantly.
If you ?x??ri?n?? heartburn a few tim?? a week, it i? lik?l? you h?v? g??tr?????h?g??l r?flux disease, ?th?rwi?? kn?wn in ?h?rt as GORD (?r GERD if ??u ?r? Am?ri??n). The ?hr?ni? ??nditi?n ?h?uld b? tr??t?d with ??ri?u?n??? f?r ??v?r?l vital r????n?. Wh?t ?hr?ni? ??id r?flux (GORD) does t? ??ur b?d?Th? constant b??kfl?w ?f stomach ??id int? your ?????h?gu? ??n l??d to:[1] D?nt?l problems... stomach acids in th? m?uth can wreak havoc ?n t??th ?n?m?l, requiring m?r? tri?? t? th? dentist than usual.[2] Voice ?nd throat ?r?bl?m?...
?t?m??h ??id in the thr??t ??n ??u?? h??r??n??? ?nd l?r?ngiti?, and ?v?n ?h?ng?? in th? v?i??. H?w?v?r these ?r?bl?m? tend t? resolve easily wh?n GORD is treated.[3] Asthma ... studies h?v? f?und th?t u? t? 80% ?f ??ti?nt? with asthma ?l?? h?v? chronic ??id reflux. Wh?th?r asthma ??u??? GORD or chronic heartburn ??u??? asthma is not kn?wn, but ??m? m?di??l ??i?nti?t? ?r? of th? opinion that acid th?t b??k? u? fr?m th? ?t?m??h can get int? the airways ?nd damage th?m.