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 …
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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 …
Water seems like it should be the one drink you never have to think about with reflux. And for the most part, it is your best friend — but not all water is equal, and for silent reflux (LPR) in particular, the type you choose can genuinely matter. Here …
The Reflux Band is one of the more intriguing tools in the silent reflux world, because it does something no pill can: it physically stops reflux from reaching your throat. It is a soft band you wear around your neck at night, and it works by gently reinforcing the …
If you are heading toward anti-reflux surgery, you will quickly run into a fork in the road: Nissen or Toupet? Both are laparoscopic fundoplications — operations that reinforce the valve at the top of your stomach to stop reflux — but they differ in one crucial way. Nissen wraps …
The TIF procedure sits in an interesting middle ground for acid reflux — more than medication, less than surgery. Its full name is transoral incisionless fundoplication, and the clue is in the word “incisionless”: the whole thing is done through your mouth, with no cuts on your abdomen at …