GERD Awareness: Nighttime Heartburn
Saturday November 27, 2004
Nearly eight in ten heartburn sufferers experience symptoms at night. If staying up all night isn't the option you are prepared to take for handling your nighttime heartburn, the following suggestions should help you. Learn the 10 steps to preventing nighttime heartburn. For information on heartburn and sleep disorders, check out the following articles from About's Guide to Sleep Disorders:
Heartburn and Apnea
There is an obvious link between laryngopharyngeal reflux (heartburn) and sleep. That burning, choking sensation as acid rised from the stomach up the esophagus (the tube that links the mouth and the stomach) and into the throat can definitely keep you awake.
It Could Be Heartburn
Nearly 50 million people suffer with nighttime heartburn at least once a week. That's a lot of people and a lot of heartburn. It also accounts for many hours of lost sleep that could result in an inability to perform adequately at work the next day.
Heartburn and Apnea
There is an obvious link between laryngopharyngeal reflux (heartburn) and sleep. That burning, choking sensation as acid rised from the stomach up the esophagus (the tube that links the mouth and the stomach) and into the throat can definitely keep you awake.
It Could Be Heartburn
Nearly 50 million people suffer with nighttime heartburn at least once a week. That's a lot of people and a lot of heartburn. It also accounts for many hours of lost sleep that could result in an inability to perform adequately at work the next day.
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