Severe Acid Reflux while swimming

It is important to keep reflux to a minimum so that other problems do not develop over long period of times, erosions, cancers etc. If you are having bad reflux it should be evaluated by your doctor if it continues for a period of time so that you do not get other health problems as you age. The FDA suggests no more than 14 days of self medication. Now that I am past the disclaimer... The best treatment without seeing a doctor is to take Prilosec or the generic every day. Prilosec will reduce the amount of acid production and lower the incidence of symptoms. Also you should keep a record of the episodes that you have and the triggers if known. If you find your symptoms not abating then you should contact your doctor for further evaluation. Taking Prilosec every day is important because once you feel the symptoms it is going to take several days to gain control of the acid production. It also will take time to heal the damaging effects that the acid production has already caused. When it comes to food it is best to limit food intake before swimming. Everyone is different as to which foods will set off an incident so trial and error is the best perdictor of which foods to limit. Hope this helps every one.

It is important to keep reflux to a minimum so that other problems do not develop over long period of times, erosions, cancers etc. If you are having bad reflux it should be evaluated by your doctor if it continues for a period of time so that you do not get other health problems as you age. The FDA suggests no more than 14 days of self medication. Now that I am past the disclaimer... The best treatment without seeing a doctor is to take Prilosec or the generic every day. Prilosec will reduce the amount of acid production and lower the incidence of symptoms. Also you should keep a record of the episodes that you have and the triggers if known. If you find your symptoms not abating then you should contact your doctor for further evaluation. Taking Prilosec every day is important because once you feel the symptoms it is going to take several days to gain control of the acid production. It also will take time to heal the damaging effects that the acid production has already caused. When it comes to food it is best to limit food intake before swimming. Everyone is different as to which foods will set off an incident so trial and error is the best perdictor of which foods to limit. Hope this helps every one.