Stomach pain, bloated abdomen, strenuous digestion and a sense of fullness. These are quite frequent and rather vague disorders that we can trace back to various pathologies, temporary and occasional but also chronic.
However, if these symptoms are neither transient nor occasional, and also appear in conjunction with other phenomena such as frequent belching, abundant salivation, dry cough, lowering of the voice, halitosis and acid regurgitation, then perhaps we are in the presence of a hiatus hernia.
In fact, “these very common symptoms after the age of 50 can be the indicator of a hiatal hernia“.
This is a fairly common pathology. It is estimated that 6 out of 10 people suffer from it. It typically affects men over the age of 50. There are also other particular conditions that favor the appearance of the disorder such as obesity, pregnancy, smoking and very intense workouts with very heavy loads.
These 3 very simple tricks are enough to fight the hassles of reflux and hiatal hernia
There is no specific medical treatment to solve the problem. Choosing the right foods and avoiding certain foods is certainly the best way to alleviate the ailment and greatly reduce the annoyances it brings. The Experts of ProiezionidiBorsa have explored the topic concerning the eating style in the article “here are the foods to avoid and prefer if you suffer from hiatal hernia”.
As explained in the authoritative source of the Veronesi Foundation, however, there are other precautions to be implemented and which can help us. Let’s see them more specifically:
- avoid going to bed immediately after meals (in the evening wait at least 3 hours before going to sleep);
- sleep with the head slightly raised using 2 pillows;
- at dinner, avoid meals that are too liquid and drink little.
Hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux
In general, the two pathologies occur simultaneously. Almost as if one were the direct consequence of the other.
For reflux disease, in the most persistent and painful cases, the general practitioner or gastroenterologist often prescribes a treatment based on proton pump inhibitors. These, in addition to relieving the classic reflux disorders, also gradually decrease the disorders of the hiatal hernia.
Surgery, on the other hand, is the rarest solution.
These 3 very simple tricks are enough to combat the hassles of reflux and hiatal hernia, it is nothing complicated or excessively burdensome. Just be careful at first and then things will all come automatically.
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