Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), also known as acid reflux, is something that affects many people in different ways. There are several causes and symptoms that are related to GERD. If the symptoms of GERD are not addressed, this may lead to long term problems that can include ulcers, cancer of the esophagus, inflammation, scarring of the esophagus lining, abdominal pain and irritation.

Symptoms

There are a number of symptoms that can result from having acid reflux or GERD. Symptoms may include heartburn, nausea, regurgitation, dysphasia, sore throat and hoarseness. The severity of these symptoms ranges from person to person. Heartburn is the most prevalent symptom of GERD. This can be identified as a burning sensation in the esophagus. The location of the esophagus in the chest area is what causes this to be called heartburn. The burning sensation is as a result of bringing up gastric acid from the stomach to the esophagus.

Causes

GERD isn’t developed because of one cause necessarily. Most of the causes are related to the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). The LES is a muscle that is located just below the esophagus and above the stomach. It is a part of the diaphragm. The LES is the passageway for food that is chewed, swallowed and in the esophagus. Once the food reaches diaphragm, the LES should open to grant entry to the stomach for digestion. When the LES doesn’t close properly or right after the food goes to the stomach, gastric acid may be permitted to go through the LES and into the esophagus. If this happens, this can cause GERD. A weakened or dysfunctional LES may be caused by a number of things.

• Hiatal Hernia: This is when the stomach shifts to an abnormal area.
• Pregnancy: This may cause the internal organs to shift to accommodate the growing fetus.
• Smoking and Alcohol Consumption: This can cause heartburn and irritation to the LES.

Natural Treatment

Treating GERD doesn’t have to include medications and prescriptions. Here are some natural ways to avoid and treat this disease:

• Papaya: Eat papaya enzymes to aid the stomach and intestines with natural digestions. This prevents the stomach from having to produce too much gastric acid.
• Ginger: Drinking ginger tea or eating ginger root will help to absorb excess stomach acid and sooth the organs in the digestive system.
• Fennel seed: This is an herb that can control stomach spasms. Stomach spasms contribute to GERD.
• Aloe Juice: Drinking aloe juice can settle your stomach and relieve heartburn.
• Apple Cider Vinegar: Even though vinegar tastes acidic, this substance can balance the pH of your stomach and make digestion easy.
• Water: This is the most accessible of all the natural remedies. It has a neutralizing effect on the stomach.

Getting your GERD/acid reflux under control can be a challenge if you don’t understand the causes, recognize the symptoms or become aware of the treatments. For more information on natural treatments for GERD, review the Reflux Remedy Report or visit refluxremedy.com today.

A sore throat is one of the most uncomfortable things to deal with. It can alter how you speak and even what you eat and drink. Most people relate a sore throat to having a cold or even the flu. But these aren’t the only ways that you can end up with a sore throat. Having gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can contribute to developing a sore throat. GERD can be caused by several different conditions.

Causes of GERD

To treat a sore throat that is caused by GERD, you need to concentrate on the root cause of GERD.

• A weak lower esophageal sphincter (LES) can be the main cause of your GERD and sore throat. The (LES) is the diaphragm muscle between the esophagus and stomach that allows food to enter the stomach after it is chewed and swallowed. Once the food goes into the stomach for digestions, the LES is supposed to close. A weak LES doesn’t close properly and can permit stomach acid to leave the stomach and go into the esophagus.
• Other medical conditions can promote GERD or persistent acid reflux. Being pregnant or obese may cause your stomach and intestines to move and compress because of the growing fetus. Shifts in the stomach organ can cause gastric acid to escape into the esophagus.

Symptoms of GERD

A sore throat is one of the symptoms of GERD. It can actually be considered as a symptom of another symptom as well.

• Heartburn is the primary symptom of GERD. Heartburn occurs when the acid from your stomach refluxes up to your esophagus and your throat, causing intense irritation, a burning sensation and tissue damage. Tissue damage in the throat will cause soreness.
• Regurgitation is another symptom of GERD. Regurgitation happens when food and gastric acid is brought up to the esophagus and even into the mouth. This can cause discomfort and a foul odor in the oral cavity. This may contribute to a sore throat.
• Other less common symptoms include nausea, chest pain and abdominal discomfort.

Treatment for GERD and Sore Throat

A typical sore throat requires that you rest your voice, gargle or eat throat lozenges for relief. These methods don’t address the underlying cause—GERD. There are several treatment methods for GERD that can eliminate your sore throat as well.

• Change your diet to include less fatty foods.
• Limit alcohol intake. Alcohol can exacerbate GERD.
• Don’t eat right before bed. This can increase the production of stomach acid at a time when you lay down. Being in a horizontal position can encourage stomach acid to breach your LES.
• Balance the amount of alkaline and acid forming foods in your daily diet.
• Avoid nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, like ibuprofen and naproxen. Ibuprofen is found in several over-the-counter medications like Advil.

The Reflux Remedy Report contains more information on the symptoms of GERD sore throat and can assist you in determining your risk level. Log on to refluxremedy.com to view additional tips and methods of treating these symptoms.

As you may already know just ‘treating the symptoms’ of heartburn acid indigestion and acid reflux can lead to worsening symptoms called gastro esophageal reflux disease or GERD for short.

Basically it all starts with an acute case of simple heartburn, which because the ’cause’ of the heartburn is ignored and the symptoms have been treated with antacids and Over-The-Counter (OTC) stomach acid blockers it escalates to chronic heartburn.

Unfortunately millions of people are under the false impression that treating the symptoms of anything is the same as a cure or worse they are lied to and told there is no cure.

It’s really important that you do your own due diligence and question everything you thought you knew about heartburn, acid indigestion, acid reflux, acid rebound, hiatal hernia and severe gastro esophageal reflux disease.

Frankly they are all pretty much the same thing . . . I call it a timeline of gastric disaster. This happens with many simple health imbalances these days because everyone seems to think only ‘treating symptoms’ is a solution and IF that were the case then the solution for GERD IS the problem.

Severe GERD symptoms aren’t pretty. Watching someone’s health go further and further down the tubes is a sad thing, especially if it happens to be your own digestive health.

Don’t just take my word for it or anyone’s word for it, at least not until you’ve looked into heartburn and severe GERD symptoms yourself . . . researching GERD only takes a few hours of your time, besides your worth it . . . your health is priceless.

The trick to curing your severe GERD symptoms is to stop ignoring the original cause of it. Don’t just ask an allopathic doctor . . . ask a health practitioner that practices integrative and holistic medicine too.

Too many people are paid for selling drugs to treat GERD symptoms these days. You need to find someone who wants you to find your natural pathway to wellness, not just keep you as another customer endlessly suffering from severe GERD symptoms.

If food is getting stuck in your throat . . . if your throat is bleeding . . . if you cough more than ever lately . . . your voice is hoarse . . . you’re short of breath and have a pain in your chest all day, then you may have severe GERD symptoms.

If all you continue to do is treat your severe GERD symptoms, the root cause of your GERD will just inflame and get worse . . . short of a bonafide miracle out of nowhere.

That’s why heartburn, acid reflux and GERD drugs are so risky . . . you need to eliminate the root cause of your severe acid reflux disease (GERD). If you don’t you could end up with mutated throat cells called Barrett’s esophagus . . . 1 out of 100 people with Barrett’s esophagus end up with throat cancer.

The same remedy that prevents severe GERD symptoms cures severe GERD at the root cause. Remember being well is more than just being free of severe GERD symptoms; you want to be totally GERD free.

You were born to heal,

Todd M. Faass

Health Advocate

Natural treatments for gastro intestinal reflux disease (GERD) are simple to find and safe to take.

Most people don’t realize that the cause of their GERD is from treatments that only cover up the symptoms of GERD. At least a natural cure won?t have adverse side effects and can buy you time until you find the right natural cure for you.

When you fail to cure the cause of your heartburn, acid reflux or acid indigestion, because you blocked all acid reflux symptoms, your acute or sudden acid reflux becomes chronic.

That’s all GERD is . . . chronic heartburn.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, “Nothing happens at the symptom level. Change only takes place at the causal level.”

Natural treatments for GERD are always better than unnatural treatments for GERD, no doubt . . . but treatment still only treats symptoms of GERD.

The great thing about a nutritional approach to GERD treatment is at least you’re contributing something toward your cell health and the natural healing process, where as drugs do nothing to nurture your cell health.

In fact all prescriptive drugs are designed to slow down your own detoxification process by chemically inhibiting your kidney and liver. This action keeps the drugs in your body longer . . . otherwise your immune system will identify them as poison and eliminate them quickly.

I’m not a physician, but it doesn’t take one to tell you that if you have GERD, acid rebound or even the early stages of heartburn, the last thing you need is to burden your healing process with harmful chemicals.

Bottom line is if you’re even considering treatment for the symptoms of GERD, you need to think twice about what the real cause of your GERD is.

Before you had GERD, you most likely had acid rebound, right? Do you remember how you got acid rebound? Odds are it was an adverse side effect of taking a Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI), like Prilosec. These drugs cause acid rebound . . .

Remember before acid rebound? You may have had a bout with Hiatal hernia and before that acid indigestion, acid reflux and heartburn.

Everyone is different, but this GERD timeline may help you gather a better idea of why you’re looking to GERD treatment. At least you’re looking for a natural treatment for your GERD, but if you don’t start addressing the root cause, odds are your symptoms might continue to get worse, leading to surgery or worse . . . even throat cancer.

Go back to the basics and you’ll discover the natural cure for your GERD, or should I say, a natural solution to help your healing system eliminate the original cause of your GERD suffering.

The natural treatment for your GERD is a step in the right direction, at least until you learn what will help you heal yourself using one of the many natural cures available.

You were born to heal,

Todd M. Faass

Health Advocate