Smoking, too much alcohol and certain foods when added to continual high stress can make acid reflux a very serious and dangerous illness.
Treatment with the H2 Blockers and proton pump inhibitors often handle the problem for a few years. Then, sometimes, all hell breaks loose and the stomach can stick up inside of the esophagus, making the patients miserable and very sick as acid pours into the esophagus. Then, the patients need a serious surgical procedure to pull the stomach back down and cuff it off to keep it out of the esophagus.
“Then, sometimes, all hell breaks loose and the stomach can stick up inside of the esophagus,-—————”
Good lord—I wasn’t aware of this.
Sounds dreadful.
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