Acid Reflux And Asthma

Do you know that acid reflux affects 20% of people who have asthma. Even if you have never experienced acid reflux before but when you have an acute asthma, you can have your asthma further worsen by acid reflux.

Acid reflux can occur because when you have an acute asthma, you are continually trapping air inside your lung. This can stretch your diaphragm and its surrounding muscle causing acid coming out of your stomach into your esophagus.

Another thing you need to know is that some asthma medicines such as the albuterol inhaler and theophylline tablets can actually cause acid reflux. These medicines help you breathe by relaxing your esophageal muscle or valve causing it to open and allow acid to flow up.

That's why all the sudden you have acid reflux even though you don't normally have it.