Proper sleeping position helps to treat acid reflux

Acid reflux commonly experienced by many few reported many unreported, acid that flows back causes a burning and a nauseating experience making it very uneasy.

 A recent study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology showed left lateral decubitus position to be related with significantly shorter nocturnal esophageal acid exposure time and faster esophageal acid clearance.

Jeroen M. Schuitenmaker, University Medical Centers Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues conducted this study with an objective to investigate the effect of spontaneous sleep positions on the occurrence of nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux.

For this purpose, the researchers designed a prospective observational study in which they measured the concurrent sleep position in patients referred for ambulatory pH-impedance reflux monitoring by using a sleep position measurement device (measuring left, right, supine, and prone positions). Fifty-seven patients were included.

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Right lateral position tied to faster esophageal acid clearance in GERD: Study