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Acid reflux
Hello I've been having a rough time with my acid reflux and I've been having a tightness in my chest with it. I've been taking Prilosec OTC which has given me some relief but normally by the evening the tightness comes back. I'm sleeping elevated but it's still bothersome and causing me to wake up out of my sleep. Could you give me some suggestions that will help the tightness go away? I've also been watching my diet and only eating twice a day most of the time because the reflux is so bad.
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Dr. Kumar Parth
Gastroenterologist
21 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi, follow some basic life style changes:Stop tea, coffee, spicy food. Take your timely. Avoid cabbage, capsicum, citrus fruits ( for a while). Don't drink water with food, take after 40 min. as much as you want thereafter. Don't lie down immediately after food. Finish your night meal by 8.30 pm maximum. Always keep your stomach 1/4 th empty. You can divide your meal into 5-6 times a day. Avoid wearing tight pants ( it compress your belly/ stomach). Avoid the particular food, which you observed that after taking you feel bloating, fullness, upper abdominal pain/ discomfort, reflux symptoms etc. Take tab. PANTODAC DSR (1-0-1) half an hour before meal for 7 days.
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