A Good Remedy To Treat Acid Reflux-Natural Remedies
June 13, 2008
You must be knowing the pain and the sufferings that you have experienced while having an attack of acid reflux and this acid reflux disease is due to the stomach acid which enters the esophagus through the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). Acid reflux is the name for this disorder but then the medical name for this is gastro esophageal reflux disease or GERD in short and sometimes doctors refer to it as gastric reflux or just reflux.
Know the symptoms so that you can get the right treatment:
Symptoms of this acid reflux disease varies from person to person and the causes also vary from person to person but then there are a few common symptoms through which you can come to know if you have an attack of acid reflux. The symptoms are persistent and painful heartburn, a choking sensation at the back of the throat, regurgitation of small amounts of vomit in the mouth, nausea, back pain, persistent dry cough and hoarseness of the voice.
The person suffering from acid reflux usually experiences these symptoms after eating, exercising and while trying to sleep. There are many different types of treatments that are available today starting with simple antacids to heavy drugs to control the acid reflux disease and when these drugs don’t give the required effect or relief the doctors suggest surgery as yet another option. But then before going into all these drastic steps be it medicines or surgery there is a very safe remedy and that is there are natural remedies that which will help you treat your acid reflux disease without resorting to the above mentioned mode of treatment.
Whenever you use natural remedies to treat acid reflux you should keep one thing in the mind and that is that you should try out one acid reflux natural remedy at a time and you should also note down which remedy you have tried out, when and how long you have been using this remedy and how effective this remedy was. If you start more than one acid reflux natural remedies at a time you will not know which remedy actually helped you in treating your acid reflux problem.
Are sleep related problems and acid reflux disease inter related?
Often when a person is trying to sleep they may be attacked with acid reflux, there are many acid reflux natural remedies which can be taken to help people who suffer from acid reflux while trying to get some sleep. One of the most easy acid reflux remedy is to stop eating and drinking at least three hours before you go to bed, for example if you are in the habit of going to sleep at say ten o’clock or eleven o’clock then you should eat your dinner by seven or eight o’clock and drink only water before you go to bed. Make a note in your book whether you still have an attack of acid reflux even after you stop eating food three hours before you go to sleep.
You must be thinking that it is easier said than done to give up eating three hours before going to bed and if you are unable to follow this meal schedule then you could try sleeping on your left side, sleeping on the left side has proven to be a very effective natural remedy to help treat acid reflux.
Sleeping with your head in a elevated position has also proved to be a acid reflux natural remedy and if you find that using an extra pillow does not give you the required relief then you could always place risers under the legs of your bed frame or for that matter under your mattress so that you could raise your head to say about eight to ten inches above your feet level.
Many people who use spring mattresses find this position very uncomfortable, so if you are using a spring mattress you could always opt for foam mattress which will help you get a good sleep and it has also been suggested as a very good acid reflux natural remedy. If money is the problem and you think that it is too much of a drastic change then think about what life long drugs or surgery could cost you along with the side effects that these innocent drugs have over a long period of time then you will definitely find that changing your mattress will seemingly cost you nothing as this is a natural remedy without any side effects at all. Prevention is better than cure.
Acid reflux natural remedies are what people are opting these days as there are no side effects and the cost of the natural remedy is less comparatively to the acid reflux medicines or for that matter even surgery which is the last option to treat acid reflux disease. The various acid reflux natural remedies are the simple changes that you can do which have no side effects at all so think twice before you opt for the modern acid reflux medication.
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