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.
Acid reflux doesn’t cause a headache the direct way it causes heartburn — there’s no acid splashing up into your skull. But the connection between reflux and headaches is real, it’s been shown again and again, and it’s more than coincidence. People with reflux get migraines and tension headaches …
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pH-impedance testing is the one reflux test that catches reflux no matter how acidic it is. A standard pH study only sees reflux when the material coming up is acidic — below pH 4. pH-impedance adds a second sensor that detects the movement of liquid and gas up the …
pH Impedance Testing: The Test That Finds Non-Acid Reflux Read More
A barium swallow is an X-ray study, not a reflux test. It’s very good at showing the shape and plumbing of your oesophagus — a hiatal hernia, a stricture, a ring, a narrowing, a pouch, or a swallowing problem — and it’s the go-to test when something feels like …
Barium Swallow for Acid Reflux: What It Can (and Can’t) Show Read More
CPAP and acid reflux have a two-way relationship, and it surprises people. For most users, CPAP actually improves nighttime reflux — treating your sleep apnea calms the very pressure swings in your chest that pull acid upward all night. But for a meaningful minority, CPAP does the opposite and …
Here’s the honest answer: hiatal hernia self-massage might give some people a little temporary relief, but there’s no solid proof it works, and it will not fix the hernia itself. No proper clinical trial has ever tested the self-massage technique that’s all over YouTube, so the strongest claims you’ll …
Hiatal Hernia Self-Massage: Does It Actually Work? Read More
It’s one of the most common questions I get from people newly dealing with silent reflux: is LPR actually worse than GERD? And the honest answer is that neither is simply “worse” — they’re the same underlying problem causing trouble in two different places, and each is worse in …
Is LPR Worse Than GERD? How the Two Really Compare Read More