EXCESS STOMACH ACID: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

I am always interested in the reports from Dr. Rubman and his comments to to Daily Health News are required reading

Antacid drugs that relieve heartburn by decreasing levels of
stomach acid are among the best-selling drugs of all time,
pulling in billions of dollars in profits for the pharmaceutical
giants.

Who among us has not heard the dire warnings about the
perils of “excess stomach acid”? Yet as Dr. Rubman pointed out,
we need stomach acid to activate pepsin and to digest
the food we eat.

True excess stomach acid is a rare condition. As such, these warnings are really about selling a product that most of us don’t need, and which may be harmful, cautions Dr. Rubman.
In his view, they are “hucksterism” and “much ado about nothing.”

What is being marketed as excess stomach acid is really acid
produced at the wrong time, explains Dr. Rubman. He told me that
there are two phases to stomach acid production…

Digestive phase. When you have a meal and food enters the
stomach, stomach acid is produced to help dissolve the food and
extract the nutrients you need from it.

Quiescent phase. Between meals, when the stomach is empty,
normally there is little or no stomach acid. The intestinal tract
needs its rest, too.

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Obesity and Stress and Their Effect on Acid Reflux

The best course of action to take on Acid Reflux repair and relief sometimes is not clear until you have listed and considered your alternatives. The following paragraphs should help inform you in to what the experts think is significant.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an
amazing 65 million adults are thought to be overweight in the United States and the proportion of overweight youthful persons has more than doubled
in the past two decades.

It is known that acid reflux can result from weight increase because of
overeating. Even diminutive changes in weight as small as 12 pounds
can be associated alongside an increase in acid reflux.

So if you’re carrying around surplus pounds and you have chronic
acid reflux, losing the weight could assist.

A evaluation from the National Heartburn Alliance established that 60% of
acid reflux sufferers identify with a hectic lifestyle as a contributing
ingredient to their acid reflux., and over 50% point to work related stress as an acid reflux aggravator.

While stress is a regular portion of life, numerous people discover that
increased stress has an impact on their health.

When under stress, stomach acid manufacture is affected.
Less acid is made with meals when it is required, and some is
produced on an empty stomach, when none is needed, leading to increased pain.
In addition, we understand that stress can lead to behaviors that may initiate acid reflux, such as smoking, increased alcohol consumption and overeating.

That’s the latest update from the acid reflux experts.

ACID REFLUX SURGERY

Often, the right information can change a persons life. Read this carefully and I hope it will assist you

Anti-reflux surgery or fundoplication as it is called is a surgical method that strengthens the barrier to acid reflux when the lower esophageal sphincter does not function normally and gastro-esophageal reflux results.

Fundoplication has been the most common surgical procedure for treating gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), which is the combination of irritation, heartburn, and complications that occur when acid refluxes from the stomach back up into the esophagus.

Under common conditions, there is a barrier to acid reflux. One part of this barrier is the lower esophageal sphincter which is the lowest muscle in the esophagus which is contracted and closes off the esophagus from the stomach.

Most of the time, in individuals suffering GERD, the sphincter does not work correctly. It is weak or relaxes inappropriately, allowing the acid from the stomach to go back up into the esophagus.

I hope you have gained some good ideas from this article and that you are able to use them in your trip back to health.

ACID REFLUX SURGERY