Stop Acid Reflux Blog

So you suffer from acid reflux, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux) and heartburn but have severe reactions to all reflux medicines?

What can you do?

Change the way you eat. Eat very slowly. Fast eating distends the stomach and encourages stomach acid to spurt into the esophagus to cause heartburn. Lose weight if you need to. Fat compresses the stomach and leads to reflux of stomach juices. Don’t wear any constricting clothes or belts, for the same reason. Don’t ever lie down immediately after eating. Eat smaller but more frequent meals. Stay away from peppermint, chocolate, fatty and fried foods, citrus drinks and other acidic food and drink, tomatoes, spicy foods, alcohol and caffeine. Don’t smoke. Put 6-inch blocks under the posts at the head of your bed so gravity can keep stomach acid in the stomach during the night. Don’t eat within three hours of going to sleep.

If these steps fail, consider procedures that tighten the muscle sphincter (SFINK-tur) that shuts off the bottom of the esophagus. Some of these procedures can be done with a scope passed through the mouth. One employs radiofrequency energy to produce painless burns in the area of the sphincter. The scars that form after the burn tighten the lower esophageal region and keep it closed to stomach acid. Another scope procedure involves placing sutures in the lower esophagus via the scope. The sutures provide a barrier to stomach acid.

Of course, there is surgery for reinforcing the esophagus’s juncture with the stomach. It can be done either through a regular incision or with a laparoscope, which requires only a small cut in the skin.

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