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 your heartburn reliably flares in the week before your period and settles once bleeding starts, you’re not imagining it. Around 73% of healthy women report at least one gut symptom before or during menstruation, and reflux is one of the ones people rarely mention to a doctor because …
Acid Reflux and Your Period: Why It Flares Every Month Read More
Tums and Gaviscon both treat heartburn, but they work in completely different ways — and that difference decides which one you should reach for. Tums neutralise acid. Gaviscon floats a raft on top of your stomach to physically block reflux from coming up. One buffers, the other blocks. For …
For occasional heartburn, yes — Tums are one of the safest reflux remedies you can buy. They’re calcium carbonate, they neutralise acid within seconds, and taken now and then they have an excellent safety record. That’s exactly what they’re designed for: the odd flare after a heavy meal. The …
Yes, vaping can cause and worsen acid reflux — and if you switched from cigarettes expecting your reflux to clear up, the reason it didn’t is that almost none of smoking’s reflux mechanisms depend on smoke. That’s the thing worth understanding here. When people talk about why smoking causes …
Vaping and Acid Reflux: Why the Switch Didn’t Help You Read More
Vodka, marginally — and for reasons that have almost nothing to do with the alcohol. Both are around 40% ABV, both are served in the same 25 or 35 ml measures, and both hit your lower oesophageal sphincter identically. Ethanol is ethanol. Where they genuinely differ is pH and …
Whiskey or Vodka for Acid Reflux? Which Is Actually Worse Read More
Functional dyspepsia is what you’re left with when the upper-gut symptoms are real, persistent and miserable — and the endoscopy comes back clean. It’s defined by four possible symptoms: pain in the upper abdomen, burning in the upper abdomen, uncomfortable fullness after a normal-sized meal, and early satiety, where …