This category covers Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or GERD for short. GERD is a severe form of acid reflux with the most common symptom being heartburn.
If you have been or just started taking antibiotics and have had some heartburn or indigestion you might be wondering was it caused by the antibiotics or not? Yes antibiotics can cause heartburn. The reason for this is because the antibiotics can affect the normal balance of bacteria in …
If you have drank a lot of water and then noticed acid reflux symptoms or heartburn you might be wondering if drinking a lot of water can cause this. While this is no one answer fits all, for some people drinking a lot of water can indeed cause acid …
Can Drinking a Lot of Water Cause Acid Reflux or Heartburn? Read More
When people have acid reflux symptoms such as heartburn, they often question what a simple and easy means is to helping stop or at least lessen the symptoms. One of the obvious things that might come to mind is simply water or more specifically hot or warm water. Drinking …
Does Drinking Hot Water Help Acid Reflux? (Heartburn & GERD Covered) Read More
If you have done some research or reading about acid reflux and silent reflux in particular you may have noticed some people suggesting Vitamin D and how it may help your LPR (Laryngopharyngeal reflux) or silent reflux symptoms. Here I want to talk about if it does work and …
Vitamin D & Silent Reflux – Can Vitamin D Cause or Cure Acid Reflux? Read More
When you have acid reflux symptoms like heartburn, indigestion or even throat issues (LPR) the first thing your doctor will likely prescribe you is PPIs. PPIs stands for proton pump inhibitors. Their basic purpose it to lower acid production in the stomach which often can help the common symptoms …
Getting Off PPIs and Acid Rebound – What I Learnt 1st Hand Read More
There are many potential reasons why you can get heartburn when you haven’t eaten. Sometimes after 3-4 hours of not eating people can get heartburn. There are many potential reasons, for example the stomach simply being too acidic. In this situation when you eat usually this makes the stomach …