Why I Have Frequent Acidity

Posted on Mon, 29 Jun 2020

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Question : i have frequent acidity

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
frequent acidity could be gastric acidity or GERD

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to Ask A Doctor service.

I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Frequent acidity could mean gastric acidity or GERD.
Proper lifestyle is needed to control the symptoms:
- Take meals at same time every day
- Avoid spicy foods
- Take more of acid neutralising foods like milk after every meal
- drink cleaner water
- take more of fruits and salad
- sit upright or take a walk for atleast 2 hrs after meal. Avoid lying down
- Can add syrup gelusil after meals
- If the above does not help then adding a medicine is needed e.g omeprazole

Hope this helps. Let me know if I can assist you further
Dr Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar