Your Asthma Can Get Worse if You Also Have Acid Reflux

How Acid Reflux Can Worsen Your Asthma

by Rudy Silva

Asthma is a chronic lung condition that is characterized by difficulty in breathing, wheezing, and mucus accumulation. People with asthma have extra sensitive or hyper-responsive airways. During an asthma attack, the airways become irritated and react by narrowing and constructing, causing increased resistance to airflow, and obstructing the flow of the air passages to and from the lungs.

Some research indicates that the symptoms of asthma may get worse when you have heartburn or acid reflux. Acid reflux occurs when your undigested stomach content moves back up into your esophagus.

Acid reflux can cause painful heartburn which you can relieve with antacid medicines or natural remedies. Antacids simply neutralize your stomach's acid, which reduces the burning sensation in your esophagus tube. It is best to use natural remedies first because neutralising stomach acid is a temporary method and only serves to suppress the cause of acid reflux.

For acid reflux, it is best to use digestive enzymes. Take a good digestive enzyme with every meal you eat. The next step would be to learn how to eat so you don't get acid reflux or heartburn.

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Find Acid Reflux Information on The Internet

Many believe the heartburn and indigestion is the same thing. While both may have the same triggers and treatment options, they aren't the same thing entirely. Indigestion is a condition and heartburn is typically a symptom of indigestion.

Indigestion often causes a vague feeling of discomfort and pain in the upper region of your abdomen and chest. You may have a feeling of fullness or bloating that is usually accompanied by belching and nausea. Heartburn can often be a symptom of indigestion. Indigestion is a very common problem that can be caused by several things. Before you can properly help and treat your indigestion, you need to know what causes it. Eating particular foods, drinking alcoholic or carbonated beverages and other health factors may cause indigestion and heartburn.

With so many causes and possible treatments available today you often need help in determining what to do. The best way to find this information is by going on the internet to find help. Many sites out there will help you to determine what causes your indigestion or heartburn. There are just as many if not more sites that will tell you how you can treat or prevent heartburn and indigestion.

Some of the top sites to help give you the best information for your heartburn and indigestion needs as well as the latest news and information can be found at the following sites.

The International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders is a good site with information on diagnosis, treatment options and tips for those living with gastro-esophageal reflux disease or GERD.

The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse is a good site with information about the symptoms, causes and treatment options for those with GERD.

The Pediatric/Adolescent Gastroesophageal Reflux Association has good information and support services for those parents who are raising children with GERD.

Kid's Acid Reflux is an interactive site to help teach children about acid reflux disease and provide a lighter approach to the problem.

KidsHealth.org has a site for parents that will help them to determine if their child is suffering from GERD.

About Kids from the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders allows you to learn about the treatment options available for children who have GERD.

Making Life Better for a Baby with Acid Reflux is a great site with a lot of information pertaining to acid reflux in infants.

InfantRefluxDisease.com contains information and support services for infant acid reflux and parents dealing with the condition in their children.

TeensHealth.org is a site specifically for teenagers who need help coping with GERD. Teenagers can go to this site for information, advice and support.

If you suffer from GERD or frequent heartburn and indigestion then you may want to find someone who understands what you are feeling and going through. However, you may have trouble finding someone who knows specifically what you are going through. A good idea would be to join an online support group who can provide you a listening ear and helpful tips to living with your condition. The following is four sites that have good support groups.

IFFGD Heartburn Helpline provides you links to finding the education and support you will need to deal with GERD.

GERD Town is a place to ask your questions about your condition and to share you stories with others who suffer from the same condition.

InfantRefluxDisease.com is a site for parents who need a help guide and support from other parents who have infants that suffer from GERD.

PAGER Forums is another site for parents to meet others who are raising children with GERD. It is also a place to go where you can learn more about acid reflux in children.

cid reflux happens mostly in people who are older and overweight. But sometimes it can happen in children and in all types of people.

In some studies, researchers have injected acid into the esophageus of people with asthma, and it had a significant impact on their asthma and increased their asthma symptoms.

These is also evidence to suggest that people who have asthma get acid reflux more often than people without asthma. This is probably because of the big pressure changes in the chest during breathing in people with asthma. These high pressures could force liquid to travel the wrong way up the esophagus.

In these cases, asthma sufferers seem to lose out twice: they suffer from asthma and they may suffer from acid reflux more often than non asthma sufferers.

However, this is not the whole story. If acid reflux really was an important cause of asthma worsening, then treatments against acid reflux should make the asthma better, however, this is generally not the case.

In the meantime, if you have asthma and you also have acid reflux, it could just be that careful treatment of your reflux will make your breathing better.

If your asthma is bad and no-one knows why, some doctors would check whether you have or had acid reflux by conducting tests to measure the acidity in your stomach. If the result showed a tendency for acid reflux, then your doctor should help you eliminate this condition.

Using a doctor who uses natural methods to treat acid reflux is the best way to go. Using drugs to eliminate acid reflux when you are already taking drugs for asthma is asking for addition health problems in the future. Drugs do not cure acid reflux and cause Theis condition to worsen. It is best to use natural remedies and diet to eliminate acid reflux and heartburn.

About the author:

Rudy Silva is a Natural Nutritionist. To learn more about using natural remedies for asthma go to: http://www.natural-remedies-thatwork.com/asthma1 and to find natural ways to help your acid reflux or heartburn go to: http://www.acidreflux-relief.info

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