How does acid reflux cause a sore throat? Doctor: Pay more attention to these nine points in life.

"Just finished eating, stomach uncomfortable, gradually began to sour. Suddenly a mouthful of sour water came up, which was really uncomfortable. " This is the situation of gastroesophageal reflux described by a friend. Many friends, especially those with bad stomachs, are prone to symptoms such as acid reflux and heartburn. Long-term esophageal reflux caused by gastric acid, strong acidic gastric acid will not only erode esophageal mucosa, but also be accompanied by sore throat, cough, even asthma, and tooth erosion. How should it be avoided?

The food we eat enters the stomach through the esophagus, where it is digested by gastric acid, and then further enters the intestine for nutrient absorption. Generally speaking, there is a barrier at the mouth of the connection between stomach and esophagus, which is called "cardia". If the gastric acid secretion is normal and the cardia acts as a barrier, the gastric acid will not enter the esophagus, causing gastric acid reflux. However, if gastric acid secretion is excessive, coupled with problems such as increased abdominal pressure and cardia relaxation, it will appear. Therefore, in order to control the problem of gastric acid reflux, we must first control the excessive secretion of gastric acid.

Control gastric acid secretion, and don't let gastric acid secrete too much. Today, we talk less about medication and focus on the conditioning and improvement of life. In fact, many times, stomach pain, acid reflux, heartburn, sore throat and other problems are closely related to bad living habits, mental state and many other aspects. To reduce the symptoms of gastric acid reflux, we must first do a good job in daily conditioning and some life factors that stimulate gastric acid secretion. If you have problems with acid reflux and heartburn, you might as well ask yourself first, do you have these problems in your life-

1. Smoking;

2. Drink regularly;

3. Eat midnight snack before going to bed;

4. Obesity without weight control;

5. Long-term anxiety, tension and depression;

6. Frequent fatigue;

7. Do not pay attention to diet and often overeat;

8. Like carbonated drinks;

9. Always stay up late.

These factors are all important bad habits that induce gastroesophageal reflux. How many did you take? If we can make targeted improvements, adjust eating habits and rest and sleep, the mild gastroesophageal reflux problem can often be easily solved.

For the life regulation of gastric acid reflux, we should emphasize two points. First, in terms of diet, in addition to avoiding alcohol and tobacco stimulation, some irritating foods, or some foods with excessive acidity, we should also try to avoid some "sensitive foods", such as sweets and sugar water. These are also easy to cause acid reflux, while some foods vary from person to person. If we find that eating a certain food in our life will cause acid reflux, we must touch this law.

Another point that needs to be emphasized is psychological adjustment, which is most easily overlooked and often difficult to correct. Because a person's thoughts and feelings, emotional control and mental adjustment are not simple things to talk about, but are closely related to external environmental influence, personal character, family education, knowledge level and other aspects, but sometimes "relaxing" is really a good way to control acid reflux and heartburn. If you are really anxious and depressed, and have the problem of gastroesophageal reflux.

In addition to these conditioning methods in life, for friends with gastric acid reflux problems, if they really need medication, of course, drugs that inhibit gastric acid secretion are recommended first, and proton pump inhibitors are the first choice drugs, such as omeprazole, esomeprazole, rabeprazole and other drugs, all of which belong to this kind of drugs. These drugs can inhibit the last step of gastric acid secretion, reduce gastric acid secretion and effectively improve the symptoms of gastric acid reflux. It is generally recommended to take it for at least 8 weeks. Regular use can effectively improve hypersecretion of gastric acid. It should be noted that if it is not necessary (some diseases really need to take such drugs for a long time), try not to take such drugs for a long time. These drugs target and inhibit gastric acid secretion, but have no therapeutic effect on the root cause of excessive gastric acid secretion. Therefore, it is most important not to rely on drugs, and make more efforts from life conditioning. Long-term use of proton pump inhibitors may affect the health of intestinal flora and liver. Therefore, for mild gastroesophageal reflux disease, it is recommended to take these drugs as needed or intermittently, but pay attention to conditioning in life.

There are also some cases of refractory gastroesophageal reflux, such as patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease taking twice the amount of proton pump inhibitors for 3 months, and there is still no obvious improvement. They should further investigate the influence of related diseases, conduct adequate examination and evaluation, and carry out further surgical treatment according to the guidance of doctors if necessary. # Health Truth Agency # # Health Truth Museum # # Breeze Project #