How should you sleep if you have acid reflux?

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asked Jul 16, 2018 in Other- Health by tayljack (230 points)
How should you sleep if you have acid reflux?

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answered Jul 17, 2018 by Larry S (42,350 points)
When you have acid reflux it's best to sleep on your left side since sleeping on your right side causes relaxation of your lower esophageal sphincter which is the tight ring of muscle that connects your stomach and esophagus that defends against reflux.

Sleeping on your right side could increase your acid reflux and cause it to become worse where as sleeping on your left side can help to reduce the acid reflux disease.

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