26/07/2024
👉Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a disease that many people suffer from, but not many people really understand the root cause of the disease, which is why the treatment of the disease, although many different methods have been applied, does not really cure the root cause. The article below shares some personal perspectives of the author - also a person who has suffered from gastroesophageal reflux for many years, based on practical experience as well as learning through books and leading doctors. Hopefully, it can help you have more simple and useful knowledge to understand the disease, thereby finding a better solution to improve the disease. ☝️Basically, the structure of the stomach is similar to a thin-shelled mineral water bottle, with a slightly different J-shaped body, containing a certain amount of acid. And the cause of gastric reflux disease has only 3 main causes:
1. Over capacity of the bottle
2. Loose, weak cork
3. Soft bottle shell is squeezed from bottom to top
👉In the framework of this article, we will discuss the first cause - OVER CAPACITY OF THE BOTTLE
Like a bottle of mineral water with a capacity of only 500ml but filled with water more than 500ml, the water will overflow and overflow the neck of the bottle. In real life, the habits that cause "over capacity of the bottle" are specifically as follows:
1. Eating too much
2. Lying down right after eating. This is similar to a bottle of water that is filled, tightly corked but left lying down, the water tends to flow toward the neck of the bottle
3. Eating and drinking foods rich in acid that can easily cause reflux: alcohol, beer, soft drinks, coffee, ci******es, eating a lot of 4-legged meat (red protein), fried, stir-fried and grilled foods. In the stomach, we only need to maintain a certain amount of acid, the main effect is to soften the food and drink we put in, like a 500ml bottle of mineral water, only needs a small amount of water in the bottle from 100-150ml. Acidity is simply understood as corrosiveness, we can do an experiment of pouring a bottle of Coca-Cola into the toilet to clean it even cleaner than when using Vim to clearly see this corrosive acidity. The fact that we continuously increase the input of acidic foods and drinks causes the amount of acid in the stomach to exceed the threshold, gradually causing the bottle to overflow - eroding the parts above the neck of the bottle, causing specific conditions that come with gastric reflux disease such as: burning pain in the epigastric region, chronic pharyngitis, bad breath, yellow teeth. And there is a fact that along with economic development, the above foods and drinks are becoming the favorite delicious dishes of the majority of us, thereby causing the condition of gastric reflux to increase rapidly. Taking medicine is like stopping the attack - putting out the fire in time to neutralize this acid reflux, but at the beginning we keep fueling the fire, then the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease also falls into a vicious cycle with no way out.
✍️Simple, easy-to-do solution to overcome the cause of "OVER-CAPACITY BOTTLE"
1. Eat many small meals (4-5 meals) instead of 3 main meals, do not eat too much, eat slowly, chew thoroughly
2. Go to bed 3 hours after eating, do not eat late at night. Raise the bed 15-25 cm at the head when lying down
3. Gradually reduce acidic foods and drinks. Limit fatty, difficult-to-digest foods. Eat more green vegetables, fruits, fish, white meat. Use more vegetable protein
