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 feel like you are constantly swallowing, clearing your throat, or fighting a wad of phlegm that never quite goes away, GERD could be the reason. Yes, acid reflux can cause excess mucus. When stomach contents wash up into the esophagus and throat, the tissues there respond by …
GERD and Mucus in Throat: Causes and How to Stop It Read More
Lisinopril isn’t a classic cause of acid reflux, but there are two real connections worth understanding. First, it can occasionally trigger indigestion or heartburn as a less-common side effect — though nausea is the more typical gut complaint. Second, and this is the one that matters most on a …
Lisinopril and Acid Reflux: Cough, Heartburn & LPR Read More
If you have acid reflux or LPR, pepsin is the most important thing you’ve probably never heard enough about. Most people have a basic understanding of stomach acid and heartburn. Fewer understand that the enzyme being released alongside that acid — pepsin — is, in many cases, the primary …
What Is Pepsin and How Does It Affect Acid Reflux? Read More
Alkaline water drops are one of those reflux remedies that sit in an interesting middle ground — they’re based on a real and well-researched mechanism, they’re used by people who have read Koufman’s work on pepsin and pH, and yet the clinical evidence specifically supporting drops (as distinct from …
Alkaline Water Drops and Acid Reflux: The Honest Science Guide Read More
If you’ve spent any time researching acid reflux treatments, you’ll have come across alginates — most commonly in the form of Gaviscon Advance. They’re recommended by GPs, prescribed by ENT specialists for LPR, used safely in pregnancy, and increasingly recognised in the research literature as something that does a …
Alginates for Acid Reflux: How They Work and What the Evidence Shows Read More
Feeling lightheaded or dizzy on top of acid reflux symptoms can be unsettling — and it’s one of those combinations that tends to get dismissed or written off as unrelated. But the two conditions share more biological territory than most people realise. There are several distinct mechanisms through which …
Lightheadedness and Acid Reflux: Why It Happens and What to Do Read More