How To Control Your Heartburn
There are several things you can do to control your heartburn or at least try to control the acidic fumes in your stomach from re-fluxing. There are the drugs, like antacids, H2 Blockers, or PPI’s (proton pump inhibitors) and several other remedies. However all these things do are mask the symptoms, they do not heal the problem.
You can even chew gum, because it stimulates the salivary glands which produce saliva, and saliva reduces stomach acid by up to 50%. When you reduce the stomach acid, the pressure against the lower esophageal sphincter is also reduced and your heartburn symptoms aren’t as severe.
Try “Kukicha Tea” because it reduces stomach acidity immediately, and this will lower the pressure being exerted on your lower esophageal sphincter . With lower pressure being exercised on your Lower Esophageal Sphincter you will have less reflux, which equals less pain and burning discomfort.
Products like antacids which form a coating or layer over the acid in your stomach try to prevent the reflux of acid fumes into your esophagus. Antacids again, only mask the symptoms and don’t cure anything, and they are not recommended to take for a long time. One product that I found to really help control the acid was “Carafate”, but even that only covered up the symptoms.
A recent medical article stated that long term use of antacids may lead to food allergies. That is something you really don’t want, especially the hives that are associated with allergies.
There are the H2 blockers, which reduce the amount of acid that your stomach produces, or a class of drugs called PPI’s or proton pump inhibitors which try to completely cut off the production of stomach acid. The problem with this is you need the stomach acid to aid in the digestion of your food. If your food isn’t digested in a timely fashion it will stay in your stomach longer before going to your small intestines. Food not digested properly may cause even further health problems.
You can even have a drink of ginger ale which will make you belch and reduce the pressure that is being exerted on your lower esophageal sphincter. Many of these things work in the short term but they will not repair your damaged esophagus or lower esophageal sphincter or stop your acid reflux.
Even raising your bed or sleeping with two pillows is not going to cure your heartburn and acid reflux problems. None of these things are going to cure your condition, because they all address the symptoms and not the problem.
Even the medical community say they need to know more about the way in which reflux occurs so that effective treatment can be developed to prevent this very common problem which effects about 40% of the population.
So How Can You Correct It?
90% of the people that have tried this method have found complete relief from their former heartburn condition and are enjoying a life that is free of pain, anxiety, burping and embarrassment. You can too!
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