6) Sleeping problems
Doing something as simple as lying down to sleep may worsen the symptoms in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. This is the reason why they usually report that their symptoms become worse at nighttime or when they are finally able to get back home and relax. This is because the gastric cardia, which is located in the upper portion of the stomach, becomes unable to hold gastric juices in place and they leak to the esophagus following gravity when the patient is lying down.
A common recommendation to improve the quality of sleep in patients with GERD is to lay down with the head above the level of the rest of the body. You can do this by placing pillows in your upper back and neck until reaching a comfortable position to get asleep without triggering acid reflux.
