| Many people who suffer from a persistent cough | | | | coughing, leading the researchers to conclude that |
| contribute it to chest ailments due to smoking, obesity, | | | | previous assumptions regarding acid reflux were not |
| or a leftover cold. Yet recent studies show that many | | | | true, and that the correlation between asthma and acid |
| of these people may have acid reflux/heartburn or | | | | reflux were stronger than had been previously |
| GERD (gastroesophogal reflux disease). But how do | | | | believed.G.I. Motility online also contains a recent (2006) |
| you know if you have this sort of ailment, or if it is | | | | article that makes similar claims based on the scientific |
| indeed something that will fall by the wayside?Prior to | | | | research of their contributors. GERD is cited there as |
| the last few years, the assumption by researchers | | | | being the second highest in terms of causal factors for |
| was that coughing and asthmatic wheezing induced | | | | chronic coughing demonstrating that between 40-70% |
| acid reflux. Yet recent studies clearly show that while | | | | of all cases of chronic coughing, GERD was the major |
| in some small instances, coughing can cause a bout of | | | | causal factor.These findings resulted in their |
| acid reflux, it is indeed the reverse that is true. The | | | | recommendation that those who suffer from chronic |
| opening up of the esophagus, the lower esophageal | | | | cough would benefit from seeking natural remedies for |
| sphincter to be more precise, and the resultant | | | | GERD in addition to looking into other factors. |
| stomach acids rising in the throat can and does | | | | Particularly, they suggest that in cases in which the |
| contribute to asthmatic wheezing and coughing.One | | | | reasons for the coughing are not ever-present, or |
| study written in Gut magazine online clearly shows that | | | | remain a mystery to you or your physician.But what |
| the correlation between coughing and acid reflux is not | | | | does that mean for us? Well, when we suffer some |
| coincidental. Nor is the previously held assumption | | | | sort of abnormality in our health, we generally want to |
| regarding the reversal cause and effect true either. In | | | | fix it. That generally means that we need to get to the |
| this study, researchers monitored gastrointestinal | | | | root of the issue. For GERD sufferers or those who |
| activity and coughing in order to ascertain which came | | | | think they may have GERD, adopting an acid reflux |
| first. Over half of all the respondents either coughed or | | | | friendly diet may just put an end to the persistent |
| wheezed in that time frame, and the researchers | | | | coughing.Kathryn Whittaker has an interest in Acid |
| measured the gastrointestinal activity at the same time | | | | Reflux. For further information on Acid Reflux please |
| as the coughing or wheezing bout.In over half of the | | | | visit Acid Reflux or Acid Reflux Symptoms. |
| cases, the acid reflux episode occurred prior to the | | | | |