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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.
Acid 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.
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