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Meals that are more than 500 calories cause more reflux than lower-calorie meals, says Dr. Gabbard, and foods that contain more than 10 to 15 grams of fat tend to increase the amount of heartburn ...
Acid reflux can also cause symptoms such as coughing, swallowing issues and chronic throat clearing, he adds. Myth No. 2: Diet choices are the only cause of heartburn
The treatments for GERD may include food choices, lifestyle changes, medications, and possibly surgery. Initial treatment is frequently with a proton-pump inhibitor such as omeprazole. [42] In some cases, a person with GERD symptoms can manage them by taking over-the-counter drugs.
A negative test warrants discussing additional treatments, like proton pump inhibitors, with your doctor. [1] An upper GI endoscopy may also be recommended. [29] In older patients (60 or older), an endoscopy is often the next step in finding out the cause of newly onset indigestion regardless of the presence of alarm symptoms. [1]
The search for existing drugs that may help treat coronavirus infections now has researchers testing the heartburn drug Pepcid, among others. Drugs for heartburn, gout and depression now being ...
Functional heartburn is heartburn of unknown cause. [24] It is commonly associated with psychiatric conditions like depression and anxiety. It is also seen with other functional gastrointestinal disorders like irritable bowel syndrome and is the primary cause of lack of improvement post treatment with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). [24]
In Tete, only 10% of women practiced steaming or smoking, "mostly intended to enhance male sexual pleasure by causing vaginal tightening (64.1% of users) and drying (22.9%)". In the two African locations, 37–38% of women said they practiced it to enhance "male sexual pleasure"; in the two Asian ones, 0% gave that answer.