What can be done concerning acid breath and serious heartburn.?

Question

Condition for 2 years now and medications have been taken. Still.

Answer 1

I used to have heartburn all the time. My doctor suggested that it could be related to the foods I ate. So I kept track of what I ate and when I got heartburn. It turned out that bread and bananas caused me problems. When I drastically cutback the amount of those in my diet, the heartburn went away.

Not that yours is caused by bread and bananas; but writing down in a notebook what you eat and when you get heartburn may provide good insights.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Avoid becoming overweight
For many patients weight reduction is the most important remedy. It is worth trying to improve your eating habits. Include more fruit, vegetables and high-fibre foods in your diet. Regular exercise can also help you to lose weight.

Diet
You may find particular foods can make your symptoms worse. These might include:acidic fruit drinks, drinks which are too hot, spirits (such as whiskey and brandy), or fatty and spicy meals. It is better to eat ‘little and often’, fill but do not over-fill the stomach. Food should be eaten slowly and chewed well.

Sleeping
Let your evening meal digest well before you go to bed. Night-time symptoms can also be reduced by raising the head of the bed on blocks by 6 inches. Gravity helps to keep the acid in the stomach where it should be. Some people are helped by sleeping on their left side.

Posture
Avoid bending from the waist or stooping just after meals. Instead, try and bend from the knees, keeping the back straight. Meals are better taken while sitting on an upright chair rather than slumped in front of the television.


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When symptoms are severe, or there are complications and medical treatment does not help, your doctor may recommend surgery to correct a hiatus hernia and prevent heartburn (reflux). This surgical procedure, called fundoplication, involves replacing the stomach back to its original position under the diaphragm. The surgeon then wraps and stitches the upper few centimetres of the stomach around the oesophagus (gullet) to prevent heartburn (reflux) recurring. This operation can be carried out either by traditional open surgery or by keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery.

This procedure may also be advised for patients without a hiatus hernia who suffer from severe reflux.

Answer 4

I will tell you that I had horrible acid reflux, gerd and serious heart burn so much that I had taken all medications too. It wasn't until I changed my diet to Low carb that this became a thing of the past. No longer do I have this issue and I am so very much more healthy than ever before. (Low carb is not NO carb but no white things such as white bread, rice, potatoes, sugar, white flour. It is amazing the difference in my over all health and my cholesterol levels are perfect along with my triglicerides. So happy with this new way of living. I have been heart burn free for 2 years.

Answer 5

This could be a serious problem!

The most likely cause is a week valve allowing acid from your stomach back into your oesophagus. The oesophogus cannot handle acid and the body reacts by turning the oesophogus lining into stomach or intestine cells. (big Warning!!! changed cells change to cancer!!).

Hopefully what you have can be controlled by diet changes and by taking proton pump inhibitors.

Don ont wait and hope this will go away. Go and see a doctor NOW!!!

Answer 6

Oddly, more heartburn is caused by insufficient acid in the stomache than too much.. the older one gets, the more this becomes evident.. If you get relief from eating a pickle, would indicate this to be the factor in your case.. If no relief, would require a different approach.