Gastroesophageal reflux disease or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). When suffering from this condition, the patient may experience shortness of breath, chest pain, worn teeth, nausea and vomiting, bad breath, heartburn, heartburn, etc. Not only if the disease is untreated. It can cause Barrett esophagus, esophageal stenosis or very dangerous esophagitis.
What is acid reflux disease?
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (acid reflux disease) is a disease that occurs if acid, digestive enzymes, gas, food in the stomach are refluxed up the gastrointestinal tract to connect the stomach to the mouth (esophagus). Heartburn are two of the typical manifestations of the disease.
Gastroesophageal reflux occurs most often after a meal, with very few cases occurring while sleeping. This phenomenon usually occurs in a short time and most of them do not cause noticeable symptoms. Furthermore, the disease can be a normal phenomenon if it occurs infrequently and does not last long. If acid reflux disease occurs regularly and lasts continuously for more than 2 weeks, causing damage to the esophagus, it becomes gastroesophageal reflux disease and requires prompt treatment.
The cause of gastroesophageal reflux
- Disturbed stomach acid leads to uncontrolled movement due to Glénard syndrome or an internal organ disease.
- Side effects of using some drugs such as Prednison, naproxen pain relievers, ibuprofen. It makes the stomach lining more damaged and irritate the stomach.
- The process of gastrin production has a problem altering the amount of stomach acid caused by Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
- Overweight, obesity or pregnancy: These subjects are at higher risk for gastroesophageal reflux disease. This is because an increase in body weight affects the sphincter muscles in the esophagus and stomach. This leads to a weak tone, which makes it easier for stomach acid to back up.
- Stress, excessive anxiety, prolonged stress, can adversely affect the stomach, causing gastric acid secretion disorders.
- Unhealthy eating: Using too many types of fast food, greasy foods, spicy, hot, sour foods, drinking too much alcohol are extremely bad agents that destroy the stomach of friend. Repeated bad habits create a favorable environment for bacteria to multiply, stimulating the lining of the stomach to cause reflux.
- Certain conditions such as hernia, stomatitis, edema, and stomach ulcers can also cause axit reflux.
Acid reflux symptoms
- Heartburn, belching: The signs of gastroesophageal reflux easily are those who often have heartburn, heartburn, and belching.
- Nausea and vomiting: Stems from an acid condition in the stomach that backs up into the esophagus to the throat and mouth, causing irritation and nausea. If reflux of food can cause vomiting. Vomiting or nausea may even appear at night when sleeping while the sympathetic nervous system is actively working.
- Epigastric pain: Patients with the feeling of angina pectoris can spread to the arm or back feeling like being pinched, suppressed. The reason for this symptom is that acid reflux affects nerve endings on the surface of the esophageal lining. This will stimulate the sensors that signal pain.
The most effective treatment for gastroesophageal reflux
You can find and consult some of the following effective home remedies for stomach reflux:
- Treating stomach reflux with perilla leaves.
- Cure stomach reflux with baking soda.
- Cure stomach reflux with honey.
- Cure stomach reflux with aloe vera.
- Cure stomach reflux with ginger.
In addition to performing the methods of treating gastroesophageal reflux disease at home above, the patient should also follow the following principles.
- Yogurt and dairy products are rich in probiotics that help protect the lining of the stomach.
- Bananas help balance the pH in the stomach.
- Ginger reduces stomach acid, improves the digestive system.
- Chamomile tea helps curb acid reflux.
- Turmeric helps wounds in the stomach and esophagus heal faster, and is very good anti-inflammatory.
- Fennel helps relieve stomach contractions and reduce acid reflux.
- Being active, exercising regularly every day to increase resistance and regulate stomach acid.
- Should sleep with pillows to prevent acid reflux into the esophagus, this is a very simple but extremely useful tip that you should not ignore.
- Do not drink alcohol and smoke, as these are the main causes of heartburn, damage to the lower esophagus, and sphincter dysfunction leading to reflux.
- Adding fiber to your daily diet such as green vegetables and fresh tubers or fruits will help stimulate the digestive system. Neutralizing the amount of acid in the stomach, soft foods will help reduce the load on the digestive system and stomach
- Do not skip breakfast: This is a bad habit that many people suffer from. In addition, patients with gastroesophageal reflux should pay attention to eating and drinking according to scientific time.
- Divide meals into smaller meals, chew carefully, eat slowly, do not eat too full, do not eat anything 2 hours before going to bed.
- Do not use soft drinks, alcohol, hot or sour foods
