Acid Reflux Treatment

Acid Reflux also known as Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is a state wherein liquid content usually acid and pepsin produced in the stomach backs up into the esophagus. This acid may damage the stomach lining and the resulting symptoms may turn chronic.

Acid Reflux is the disease that strikes mainly adults, though rarely infants and children also can be affected. The main reason for suffering from this disease is due to eating a particular food, pregnancy, not sleeping properly, immediately sleeping after eating heavy food.

The main symptoms are heartburn also known as acid indigestion, coughing, sinusitis (constant earache), voice is transformed it may get hoarse. All this also may lead to esophageal ulcer or worse esophageal cancer. Get yourself thoroughly checked by the Doctor if you complain of heartburn often. The main cause of GERD is the increase in the acid production in your body, pregnancy, obesity, yeast infection or it may also trigger due to wearing tight clothes.


The first and foremost treatment for GERD is balance and healthful eating habits. If this treatment fails then we can shift to medical or surgery treatment. Find below some way of GERD treatments:

1.    Balanced Diet: The most natural and effective way to cure GERD is to eat proper diet. Avoid coffee, tea, soft drinks and smoking. Do not sleep just after eating; there should a gap of at least 2 hours. Lifestyle needs to be drastically changed.
2.    The simple home remedy for GERD disease is to slightly raise the head level of your bed. Along with the above treatment, if this is also done, then it will be of tremendous help. The flowing back of the gastric juices will be hampered.
3.    If the above two treatment does not help, then you will have to go and get help from your local Doctors and start drug treatment. Drugs like omeprazole, famotidine and antacids will help you to overcome this disease and will relieve you.
4.    The most unwanted treatment is a surgical treatment. However, everything else fails, Nissen fundoplication is the only option, which can be taken. Due to this surgery, it creates a one-way valve in the esophagus to allow food to pass into the stomach but it keeps acid from flowing back into the esophagus and thus preventing GERD.