If you get heartburn on the run — that burning behind the breastbone somewhere around mile three, often with a lot of belching — you’re experiencing something well documented in the research literature. Running provokes reflux more reliably than almost any other endurance activity, and it does so even …
Runner’s Acid Reflux: Why Running Triggers Heartburn Read More
Acid reflux changes as you get older, and it changes in a way that catches a lot of people out. The symptoms often become milder — less heartburn, less obvious burning — while the actual damage to the oesophagus becomes more severe. That combination is the central problem with …
Acid Reflux in Older Adults: What Changes With Age Read More
Acid reflux in teenagers is far more common than most parents expect. Symptoms of reflux affect somewhere in the region of 2–8% of children and adolescents, and in surveys of teenagers specifically the numbers run higher — one study of 14–18 year olds found a substantial minority reporting regular …
Silent reflux in children — laryngopharyngeal reflux, or LPR — happens when stomach contents travel up and reach the throat, voice box and airway rather than causing the obvious spitting up or heartburn most parents expect. Because there’s often no visible vomiting, it’s easy to miss, which is exactly …
Silent Reflux (LPR) in Children & Toddlers: Signs and Help Read More
If silent reflux (LPR) is at its worst when you wake up — a raw throat, hoarseness, mucus, that first morning throat clear — the way you sleep is almost certainly part of the problem. When you lie flat, gravity stops protecting your throat, and even small amounts of …
Best Wedge Pillows for Silent Reflux (LPR): Buyer’s Guide Read More
Raising the head of your bed is one of the simplest, cheapest, and best-evidenced things you can do for nighttime acid reflux and LPR. When you lie flat, gravity stops helping you — stomach contents can drift up your oesophagus and reach your throat all night. Tilt your upper …