This category is covering Laryngopharyngeal Reflux or LPR for short. It is a form of acid reflux that can affect the throat, sinuses and more.
Both products work on the same principle — an alginate raft that floats on top of your stomach contents and physically blocks reflux. But which one wins depends almost entirely on one thing most comparisons get wrong: which Gaviscon you’re actually comparing. If you mean the Gaviscon sold on …
There’s a real association, and the evidence behind it has got noticeably stronger in the last couple of years. A nationwide cohort of 669,159 people found tinnitus incidence of 14.91 per 1,000 person-years in those with reflux disease versus 1.74 in those without. A separate genetic analysis found reflux …
Can Acid Reflux Cause Tinnitus? The Ear Ringing Link Read More
Yes — and the connection is more direct than most people realise. The hiccup reflex is triggered by irritation or stretching along a nerve circuit that runs right past your oesophagus and stomach. Acid sitting where it shouldn’t is exactly the kind of irritation that sets it off. It’s …
Can Acid Reflux Cause Hiccups? Why It Happens and Fixes Read More
The quickest way to tell them apart is the character of the pain. Reflux burns — a rising heat behind the breastbone, usually after eating or when lying down, often with a sour taste. Oesophageal spasm grips — a sudden, intense squeezing or crushing in the chest that can …
Esophageal Spasm vs Acid Reflux: How to Tell Apart Read More
If your mouth suddenly floods with fluid, there are two completely different things that could be happening — and telling them apart is the single most useful thing you can do about it. Water brash is a sudden rush of thin, clear, tasteless or slightly salty saliva. It comes …
Water Brash and Regurgitation: Why Your Mouth Fills Up Read More
A low FODMAP diet can genuinely help acid reflux — but only for a specific group of people, and not for the reason most articles claim. It doesn’t lower the acidity of your food. It reduces the amount of gas fermenting in your gut, and gas pressure is one …
Low FODMAP Diet for Acid Reflux: Does It Really Help? Read More