Asthma and Acid Reflux

The symptoms of asthma may be made worse by stomach acid rising up the gullet in a condition known as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease , or GERD, more commonly known as acid reflux .

These is some evidence to suggest that people who have asthma get acid reflux more often than people without asthma, particularly people who are older or overweight.

This could be because of the pressure changes in the chest during breathing in people with asthma.

These high pressures could force liquid to travel the wrong way up the oesophagus and can cause painful heartburn which can be relieved with antacid medicines.

In these cases, asthma sufferers seem to lose out twice as they suffer from asthma and they may also get reflux.

Researchers have tried to study the link between asthma and acid reflux try injecting acid into the gullets of people with asthma, and found that it had a significant impact on their asthma and made symptoms worse.

However, the opposite is not true and treating the acid reflux does not make the asthma better, though naturally it lessens the effects the reflux has on the asthma symptoms.

If a patient's asthma is bad and no-one knows why, some doctors would check whether or not they also have acid reflux by conducting tests to measure the acidity in your gullet.

If the result showed a tendency for acid reflux, then the doctor would try to improve their lungs by also treating their stomach.

Asthma and acid reflux link?

•These is evidence to suggest a link between asthma and acid reflux. For example, people who have asthma get acid reflux more often than people without asthma.

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