Find out how acid reflux can cause throat symptoms without causing heartburn. Yes, indeed, it’s possible for acid reflux to make its way into the throat and cause its typical throat symptoms such as cough, [...]
Have you gulped or guzzled water, only to find that it refluxes back up into your throat? What’s going on here? “Water, in and of itself, does not cause reflux,” says Akram Alashari, MD, a [...]
A doctor explains why acid reflux can sometimes cause a sensation of food being stuck in your chest. “Prolonged acid reflux can cause reflux esophagitis,” says Akram Alashari, MD, a trauma surgeon at Geisinger Medical [...]
Find out what a GI doctor, not a layman in a thread, says is the cause of a growling, rumbling stomach 24/7. We expect our stomach to growl and rumble when we haven’t eaten for [...]
An E.N.T. doctor explains what you can do to help your sore throat from acid reflux (LPR)—naturally and pharmaceutically. What are the best drugs for helping relieve a sore throat from acid reflux? “The best [...]
An E.N.T. doctor explains causes and solutions to excess mucus in the throat that won’t go away. Mucus in the throat that won’t go away or that you “can’t get rid of,” as many people [...]
“LPR can follow an upper respiratory infection,” ...says Dr. Stacey Silvers, MD, of Madison ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery in NYC, who is board certified in otolaryngology. It’s not a coincidence that you have developed [...]
Though untreated LPR can lead to fatal esophageal cancer, can you choke to death from one “I can’t breathe” episode of laryngopharyngeal reflux disease? LPR causes many symptoms, and one of them is a sudden [...]
“My bed is elevated and I STILL get acid reflux overnight! Help!” Does that describe you? Overnight acid reflux can cause upper abdominal and/or chest discomfort, a bad taste in the mouth and coughing. A [...]
If you sleep on a sofa, here’s a safe, easy way to elevate it 9 inches to help prevent acid reflux overnight. I sleep on a sofa (not a pull-out sofa, but the actual sofa). [...]
LPR can make it difficult to breathe, but can acid reflux from exercise cause this scary situation? “Acid reflux is when normal stomach acid regurgitates into the esophagus and causes symptoms," says Jay Desai, MD, [...]
What can make acid reflux come and go if the patient avoids food triggers? “Acid reflux is when the normal stomach acid regurgitates up into the esophagus,” says Jay Desai, MD, who specializes in colon [...]
Can the acid that’s refluxing up from your stomach and into your esophagus actually trigger a pounding heartbeat? “Acid reflux is when the normal stomach acid regurgitates up into the esophagus,” says Jay Desai, MD, [...]
An ENT doctor explains all about acid reflux burning in the nose as part of LPR, plus cause, how to prevent and long-term effects if it keeps happening. Acid reflux can shoot up into the [...]
A doctor explains what causes excessive saliva buildup when you awaken and how to prevent this. Excessive saliva when awakening: causes, mechanism behind causes? On one hand it could be excessive production, but also insufficient [...]
Here’s how to prevent getting that pills stuck in chest feeling after taking several supplements at once. Have you found that often, if not always, whenever you take your usual “handful” of supplement pills, that [...]
Have you been experiencing something like an occasional hiccup, that your doctor has said is the result of acid reflux or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)? This isn’t in reference to what we all know are [...]
Are you wondering if high intensity interval training can bring on acid reflux? “Yes. High intensity training can trigger acid reflux for some people, depending on what type of exercise the person is doing and [...]
Learn about mechanisms behind stress or anxiety causing acid reflux. You may know full-well that acid reflux can be caused or triggered by anxiety and stress. But just how does this work? “Stress may cause [...]
An ear, nose and throat doctor explains some likely causes of a bad smell after blowing your schnoz. Blowing your nose is not supposed to result in a bad or foul smell, so when it [...]
A hoarse voice can have many causes, and this includes acid reflux, laryngeal cancer and an aortic aneurysm. Have you been bothered by a hoarse voice lately that doesn’t seem to have a cause such [...]
If you suffer from a foul taste in the back of your throat, read what this ear, nose and throat doctor has to say about this annoying problem. Have you been suffering from a foul [...]
You may already know that anxiety can cause frequent coughing, but do you know just how this happens? Perhaps your coughing is similar to what I experienced during a horrible time of my life. At [...]
