How I Cured My Silent Reflux: The Counterintuitive Path to Healing Acid Reflux, GERD, and Silent Reflux (LPR)

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That was over a year and a half ago now and to this day she hasn’t relapsed. She’ll notice a mild cough reappear when she consumes certain foods or beverages. The difference is now she’s aware of how much she can get away with as she strikes a healthy balance. One between the foods that nourish her and the foods she enjoys.

Let’s explore how to use these steps to approach your ideal LPR treatment. Diet and Eating Habits for LPR There can also be a high degree of difference in triggers from one person to another. This is why it’s important to work with a naturopathic doctor who can tailor a treatment approach to your individual needs. What about plant-based diets? Stomach acid that pools in the throat and larynx can cause long-term irritation and damage. Without treatment, it can be serious. avoid- mint tooth paste, use baking soda instead. buy a tongue brush & brush after meals to remove the stomach acid from you mouth, tongue, avoid oily food, spicy food, process food, don't use microwave, no sodas, no sugar, no fried food, no onion, no tomatoes,. Following were those all too familiar symptoms – sinus, swollen throat, etc. Sent for allergy test – negative. They gave me antibiotics. Antibiotics can mess up the gut & may have caused more problems.

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For adults with silent reflux, some lifestyle changes can keep the throat from becoming dry and irritated.

Feel like you've done all the things and are just not seeing progress? I've helped a lot of people over the years that felt the same way. Perhaps an at home microbiome test can help break the cycle and provide the insights you need to move froward. With it, you can test your gut microbiome and receive actionable recommendations on how to optimize your digestive health with the BIOHM Gut Report. Focus on identifying your reflux food triggers, rebalancing your gut microbiome, supporting stomach acid if appropriate, and bringing in research-supported supplements. When I asked her about her family history though, she told me that her father passed away from esophageal cancer. She also told me that her brother has barrett’s esophagus, precancerous cells in the esophagus. Medical News Today has strict sourcing guidelines and draws only from peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical journals and associations. We avoid using tertiary references. We link primary sources — including studies, scientific references, and statistics — within each article and also list them in the resources section at the bottom of our articles. You can learn more about how we ensure our content is accurate and current by reading our editorial policy. Both are incredibly soothing and anti-inflammatory which will help ease your throat and your whole digestive tract. So, while they will ease your symptoms, they should also lessen your acid reflux symptoms and effects too!A person could eat a grilled fish fillet with steamed vegetables, such as broccoli, for a filling meal that should not aggravate silent reflux. Kow CS, Hasan SS. Could melatonin be used in COVID-19 patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux disease? J Med Virol. 2021 Jan;93(1):92-93. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26150. Epub 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32519764; PMCID: PMC7300529. Proton pump inhibitors such asdexlansoprazole (Dexilant), esomeprazole (Nexium), lansoprazole (Prevacid), omeprazole (Prilosec), omeprazole, or rabeprazole (Aciphex), and sodium bicarbonate (Zegerid) to reduce gastric acid. The simplest strategy for improving your gut microbiome is to use triple probiotic therapy . Probiotics are a low-risk approach that can heal your gut lining, reduce inflammation, and help crowd out pathogenic gut infections. To learn more about how to use probiotics, see our Probiotics Starter Guide. Min C, Park B, Sim S, Choi HG. Dietary modification for laryngopharyngeal reflux: systematic review. J Laryngol Otol. 2019 Feb;133(2):80-86. doi: 10.1017/S0022215118002256. Epub 2019 Jan 16. PMID: 30646967.

The evidence for using PPIs to reduce stomach acid for reflux is mixed. Some high-level research suggests PPIs provide mild improvement [ 14] or significant improvement [ 15] for LPR, while other studies suggest they provide no improvement compared to a placebo [ 4]. That said, the wrong bacteria such as H Pylori or Clostridium Difficile (C. Diff.) can grow out of proportion in your stomach. For some of these bacteria, the process of decomposing food leads to fermentation and excess gas production which causes bloating (a common reflux symptom). Normally, this fermentation process should occur in the colon where it can be expressed through the anus. However, under the wrong conditions bacteria that normally colonize the colon are allowed to proliferate in the gut. These are by no means an exhaustive list, and I go into more detail on these topics in my book, as well as ways each can affect the body’s ability to keep stomach contents contained, efficiently digest, and affect movement of food contents along the digestive tract. Spechler SJ. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2019 Feb;15(2):111-113. PMID: 31011306; PMCID: PMC6469260.Pro-kinetics: drugs that improve gastric motility have been known to help improve symptoms in some patients. Its possible that this is because in this particular group gastroparesis is the underlying problem. However, these drugs generally can’t be taken long term and diagnosing this accurately is obviously essential. It's best to take these with food or soon after eating, as this is when you're most likely to get heartburn. They may also work for longer if taken with food. She was a bit reluctant to admit a problem like silent reflux could be causing such a debilitating cough and subsequent decline in her health. That changed when we put her on an elimination diet. Gaviscon Advance; especially in liquid form coats the oesophagus and sits on top of the stomach contents. It can help to bind Pepsin and stop acid irritation and tends to be helpful in LPR. Take apple cider vinegar capsules (not liquid as it is corrosive) for prebiotics and to kill harmful pathogens

But do not try to achieve the same effect by using additional pillows, as this can increase pressure on your belly and make your symptoms worse. A pharmacist can help with heartburn and acid reflux Many of the specific foods that have been shown to aggravate reflux are foods high in histamine. There’s no direct research recommending it, but a low histamine diet may be useful if the Paleo or low FODMAP diet doesn’t give you any relief. If you have a hiatal hernia, some naturopaths and chiropractors can adjust it manually by maneuvering the part of the stomach that’s poking through the diaphragm down, which can sometimes provide some temporary reflux relief. That said, I want to cover some of the more serious effects of long term acid reflux medication usage. It is well documented that long term use leads to several vitamin deficiencies, namely vitamin b12, magnesium, and calcium. Below is a list of the most common side effects. If have bolded several that I personally dealt with for years, not realizing they were associated with reflux. If you have experienced any of the below, you may be deficient in one or more of these vitamins.Austin GL, Thiny MT, Westman EC, Yancy WS Jr, Shaheen NJ. A very low-carbohydrate diet improves gastroesophageal reflux and its symptoms. Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Aug;51(8):1307-12. doi: 10.1007/s10620-005-9027-7. Epub 2006 Jul 27. PMID: 16871438.