The Reflux Finding Score (RFS) is the checklist your ENT fills in when they look at your voice box with a camera and are trying to work out whether reflux is behind your throat symptoms. It rates eight specific signs of irritation in the larynx — things like swelling, …
If you’re buying alkaline water specifically for reflux, one number matters more than the brand on the label: the pH needs to be 8.8 or higher. That’s the threshold at which alkaline water has been shown to deactivate pepsin, the enzyme behind throat-based reflux damage. Plenty of “alkaline” waters …
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If coffee gives you heartburn but you’re not ready to give it up, low-acid coffee is the compromise worth trying. The best US brands for reflux-prone drinkers are Lifeboost, Puroast, Volcanica, trücup, Tieman’s and Java Planet — each getting to “low acid” a different way, from slow roasting to …
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Rumination syndrome is a condition where food comes back up into your mouth effortlessly within minutes of eating — not vomited, not forced, just quietly rising back up to be re-chewed, re-swallowed or spat out. It feels like reflux or regurgitation, so that’s almost always what it gets called …
Achalasia and acid reflux can look almost identical from the outside — heartburn, regurgitation, chest discomfort, food coming back up — which is exactly why achalasia is so often mistaken for stubborn GERD. But underneath, they’re opposites. Reflux is a valve that’s too loose, letting stomach contents escape upward. …
An esophageal stricture is a narrowing of the esophagus — the muscular tube that carries food from your throat to your stomach. When it’s caused by acid reflux, it happens because years of acid burning the lower esophagus leave scar tissue behind, and scar tissue shrinks and tightens, squeezing …
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