Living with Acid Reflux : How to Treat Nighttime Acid Reflux

Acid reflux often stirs at nighttime, but adjusting the angle of your bed and lengthening the interval between dinnertime and bedtime can help. Learn helpful nighttime strategies in this free video on living with acid reflux.

Expert: Dr. David Hill
Bio: Dr. David Hill has more than 14 years of experience as a practicing pediatrician qualified to work with infants through teenagers.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

Series Description: If you learn how to diet with acid reflux disease, you can avoid those foods and beverages that worsen the burning and discomfort of this condition. Gain valuable health tips in this free video series on living with acid reflux.

[DS-fihf]

I’ve been battling with this for years. Waking up in the middle of the night fighting for air because your esophagus is clogged with acid is absolutely terrifying, not to mention painful.

[davenewsome]

I aspirate in my sleep and wake up unable to breathe and have to struggle to breathe again, it's terrifying every time

[zakinaab]

Thank you Dr. David Hill,  I will change my eating habits.  My problems is that I
eat heavy meal late at night after 11 pm,  then after sleeping one to two hours,
I feel a gush of burning liquid to my throat and to my ears, then I could not breath
when I tried to clear my throat, all I fee is burning oily feeling.  One I night,  I drank
very warm water to clear the oily feeling in my throat, but I could not go back to
sleep for a long lest that it might come back again.

[foxkun]

Been sleeping on my left side every night, Using an elevated pillow or sometimes bed, Drinking non fat milk to help push the acid back sometimes and trying to calm myself using ASMR videos…

[gosh_josh]

The key is to lose weight eat healthy and stay away from citrus greasy and Fry Foods and lose weight I dropped weight and starting eating healthy after having this waking up gasping for air and haven't came back every since! But if it does happen breathe through your nose and not you're mouth!!!! In and out your nose hope this helps

[back.water.fishing]

Thank you so much for making this video because I really can't sleep because of my acid reflux it's just a horrible sensation !

[Collectionretro]

Being that im kind of an alcoholic and an avid smoker, the fix is obvious for me.. rough situation.. hope the best results for everyone who felt the need to search this:)

[lldd]

So I do not smoke or drink, I'm not obese, I'm not over eating and last meal 4-5 hours before bed time, I eat healthy food and don't eat fry food or junk food, I don't drink coffee either, my pillow is elevated and yet I still can get at least twice a month terrible reflux that leaves me breathless and burning, recently it put me to emergency cause I couldn't breath and pain was unbearable, I had bronchitis-like symptoms after it for over a week, so its acid obviously got into my bronches. I've tried it all - all OTCs and I'm on Prilosec for 2 years, nothing works. It seems to me that real issue is that stomach is sluggish and gas stuck somewhere in depths of my stomach and it's only wanna escae when I completely relaxed and falling a sleep. So the air bubble comes along with the stomach acid. I cannot spend money and time on doctors anymore, none of the advices makes any difference, this video just repeat the same stuff. I don't know if I ever will ge good night sleep...

[pharaoh]

Or cure acid reflux completely by going on a low sugar liquid diet for about a month (blend all you meals).
Acid reflux stops within two days, injured esophagus has a chance to heal naturally, your body forgets its regurgitation 'habit', stomach and bowels do not have to work so hard (it gets a 'vacation'), good stomach bacteria start to win again over bad bacteria.
Tell everyone for years later ( just like me)

[tina]

At night, I dont have a wedge pillow to sleep with acid reflux, can I stack regular square pillows to 6 inches?

[hazelsyoutube]

Thanks for the information mate will be trying that tonight 😊

[peterrotherham]

Hello Dr. i am suffering with a strange substance seems to be coming up from my stomach all the way to my face. i'm not getting any answers from the Nhs only i have got gall stones and a Hiatas Hernia the substance is preventing me to eat and drink. i have given up smoking and drinking alcohol. a GP said the substance in my face/mouth/ Stomach is water brash is there anyway to stop producing it ? thank's Peter

[hannahgrinder]

I think I'm going to start Keto in the morning. I can't handle this. Lately taking at least 1 capsule of Betaine HCL with each meal is helping. Because Dr. Berg says when we struggle with Gerd etc our stomach acid is actually too low and betaine HCl (with Pepsin) increases our stomach acid helping break down and digest all the food. I'm also gonna try digestive enzymes! 🙏

[caden_beers]

My case is different I am just nauseous and a little burning I already take meds but they don’t work

[isa]

but has anyone ever woke up choking on acid ending in throwing it out? It’s not even the normal vomiting it’s literally dry heaving and just aiming for the acid. Consistently feel like there is something in my throat, I’m 32 weeks and everyone keeps saying it will go away after my pregnancy but I want it gon NOW

[ezguap]

I literally have to sleep on my gaming chair every time and when i come over to my friends house to sleep over i have to bring my gaming chair so i dont get acid in my esophagus but either im still waiting for my (GERD) surgery

[astreious]

I have mucus and phlegm in my throat so annoying, I can barely sleep without having to swallow every second.

[tonydebellis]

Want the you do when it append in the middle of night and a person can’t breathe for several seconds, is that a way to restart the breathing whit out panicking so much

[erinmyers]

If I miss a single ranitidine, it gets extremely extremely bad

[floofff]

For those still suffering, try having a can of club soda half an hour before bed. It often helps my more difficult reflux episodes at night. 💗