How Do I Prevent Acid Reflux?

Stomach acid reflux usually refers to a burning sensation in the upper chest. Stomach acid sometimes flows back to the mouth. Although not very common, some patients also experience nausea, a heartburn as the saying goes. These symptoms are sometimes mistaken for a heart attack or cardiac arrest, often accompanied by chest strain, weakness, and fainting.

Acid Reflux

Stomach acid reflux usually refers to a burning sensation in the upper chest. Stomach acid sometimes flows back to the mouth. Although not very common, some patients also experience nausea, a heartburn as the saying goes. These symptoms are sometimes mistaken for a heart attack or cardiac arrest, often accompanied by chest strain, weakness, and fainting.

Swedish researchers have found that smoking and excessive intake of salt can easily make people suffer from "gastroesophageal reflux disease," which causes acid reflux to the esophagus, commonly known as gastric acid reflux.

nickname

Acid Reflux

English name

Acid reflux

Common locations

Stomach

Common symptoms

Burning sensation in the chest, etc.

Stockholm, Sweden

1. Stomach acid reflux is often mistaken as a heart problem. After a cardiac examination, it is found that it is caused by gastric acid reflux. In addition, sore throat, hoarseness, prolonged cough and asthma can all be caused by acid reflux. If you find the above symptoms for a long time, but fail to cure after repeated diagnosis and treatment, this may be related to gastric acid reflux, everyone should pay more attention.

2. Stomach acid can flow back into the trachea and cause cough; stomach acid may also stimulate the sympathetic nerves of the esophagus, directly affecting tracheal contraction and causing asthma symptoms. Stomach acid reflux directly damages the esophagus, and the lack of treatment for a long time may lead to esophagitis, ulcers, and even precancerous lesions of Barlow's esophagus, increasing the chance of cancer.

3. The degree of gastric acid reflux is not directly related to the degree of esophageal damage. Some patients have obvious symptoms of gastric acid reflux, but the esophagus is slightly damaged; on the contrary, some patients have no obvious symptoms, but the esophagus has severe ulcers. Therefore, doctors remind everyone to pay more attention to the occurrence of acid reflux and to seek medical advice as soon as possible.

Complications of this disease include esophageal ulcers, sometimes causing bleeding, narrowing the lower end of the esophagus, causing difficulty swallowing, or causing the esophageal epithelium to be replaced by the columnar epithelium of the stomach, which is prone to cancer. Some cause coughing, hoarseness and even asthma attacks.