Alkaline Water Cure Lpr
Let me explain why.
Alkaline water cure lpr. Drinking alkaline water appears to deactivate tissue bound pepsin. This is not a miracle cure. Impedance study showed. I wanted to post this idea for lpr treatment.
Treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux lpr with alkaline water and the mediterranean diet may be as effective as treatment with proton pump inhibitors ppis according to research published online in jama otolaryngology head neck surgery in september. Posted 8 19 2015 8 44 am gmt 6 hello all lpr sufferers. I drink one in the morning and one at night before bed. The main cause of throat problems for someone with lpr is because of a digestive enzyme called pepsin coming up from the stomach and into the throat.
I ve had lpr symptoms asthma cough painful speaking for about 3 years continuously. Drinking or gargling with alkaline water is helpful for washing the pepsin out of your throat. It seems logical that drinking alkaline water can and will help with acid reflux by simply lowering the acidity of the stomach though for lpr it is a little more complicated than just that. You still need to fix the reflux itself.
Like gastroesophageal reflux disease a similar condition lpr occurs when acidic gastric juices in the stomach back up into the esophagus but in lpr the gastric juices reach the throat resulting in symptoms such as. Alkaline water for lpr introduction. Alkaline water is basically water that has a high ph making it alkaline. For years i bought evamor brand at whole foods until they stopped carrying it but you can get other brands elsewhere including amazon.
Support forums gerd acid reflux new topic reply previous thread next thread baldwik. There are a couple of main benefits to taking this kind of water for someone with lpr. Potential benefits of ph 8 8 alkaline drinking water as an adjunct in the treatment of reflux disease unlike conventional drinking water ph 8 8 alkaline water instantly denatures pepsin rendering it permanently inactive. In addition it has good acid buffering capacity.
Just keep in mind that alkaline water cannot do anything against you refluxing new pepsin. Alkaline water for lpr initial success. In the study zalvan and his colleagues compared 85 people with lpr who were treated with ppis and 99 people with lpr who were told to switch to a mediterranean diet and start drinking alkaline. Pepsin is basically a digestive enzyme that is made in the stomach and is used primarily to help digest proteins in the stomach.
Some of the water will also spill through the entrance of your larynx. These in vitro data suggest that alkaline water may be a useful risk free adjunctive treatment for reflux disease the study authors wrote although they also stated that more research was. Alkaline water can be one step in the direction of symptom resolution. On the cheap you can mix 8oz of regular filtered water with 1tsp of baking soda.