What is the best thing to do/take while having an acid reflux attack?? No medication should I eat/drink?etc?
My throat is burning, I ate a heavy pasta dinner late in the evening, and the last 20 minutes i’ve been suffering with acid reflux. Its happened to me about 4 times before, all after i’d eatin heavy meals and took place in the middle of the night.
It burns, and after about 5-10 minutes mucus accumulates in my mouth where i have to cough it out and it burns……….should I drink some soda? Eat some pumkin pie? Stick to water?? Let this just ride out and do nothing??
So far i’ve never seen a doc about this, and dont have meds on hand. Im pretty much out of just about everything at my house except for limited items. What should I do? Thanks.
Also, should I try to go back to sleep with my body angled up?? Would that help?? I am so tired, I have a lot to do tomorrow…no more big meals for me :/
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When you have no antacids in the house some baking soda mixed with water helps gets rid of acid, it sweetens it so that it helps the burn. Ice chips for the acid that comes up in your throat (I know it burns like fire) some say chewing a mint gum or mint lozenges will help (they always made mine worse) raise the head of your bed 6″ a good cement block work good for that. No late meals or anything 2-3 hours before bed. Water may help but no soda or pumpkin. Get you a bottle of Gaviscon. It is expensive but aside from acid reflux pills it’s the best thing on the market. The hospitals use it and call it a heartburn cocktail and charge a fortune for it. You can buy it off the shelf in pills or liquid and in mint or cherry flavor. I like pills to carry with me and I like cherry, mint gives me heartburn. If you get pills, chew them V-e-r-y slowly. Buy a box of baking soda to keep on hand, it’s good for heartburn and great to whiten your teeth (use it to brush your teeth). Try sleeping sitting up when it’s bad, maybe in a recliner or propped up with pillows on a couch. If you are going to eat something you know will give you acid, take Gaviscon before you eat to coat your stomach and if you keep getting this see your Dr or buy OTC acid reducers. The acid coming up your throat can burn your esophagus.
There are home remedies for acid, that you can get fairly easily at most health stores.
Here are a few examples:
1. Sprinkle Cinnamon On Your Food:
From ancient times, cinnamon has been used to help “settle the stomach” and is quite effective in reducing nausea and the burning sensation of acid reflux.
2. Cider Vinegar:
Cider vinegar seems to be the latest and greatest home remedy at the moment and there are loads of websites proclaiming its healing properties. By simply taking one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, stirred with one tablespoon of honey in a cup of hot water and drinking it when you experience acid, is said to reduce the burning sensation. The vinegar supposed acts on the stomach acid itself, whilst the honey works as a healing agent.
3. Food Diary:
Everyone has a different biological make up and so it is only common sense that certain foods will affect some people more than others. By keeping a food diary of exactly what foods increased your reflux, you can start to eliminate those particular foods from your diet and thus manage your symptoms.
There are several foods that are known to irritate the stomach and increase acid; these include fatty foods, spicy foods, sure spices, several citrus fruits, and caffeine.
Also avoid food that you know causes your acid to flare up.