I had quite a good weekend regarding acid reflux. That is I did not have any. It changed through the week though and I suffered for about 2 days before I had it under control. One way of doing this was to eat very little and drink lots of water. I could not eat anyway as it hurt too much.
Anyway I was reading some information Yesterday which was about a new procedure for heartburn. It does not involve any surgery and after it,s implementation 92% of the patients studied did not have to take their daily dose of acid reflux medication.
It is called EsophyX and is a device that enables doctors to mould a new valve inside the body using a small section of the stomach tissue which forms a flap valve to prevent the backflow of gastric juices (acid reflux) into the esophagus.
The procedure is done under general anesthetic, but the good news is that it involves no abdominal or internal incisions; the EsophyX device is used to perform endoluminal fundoplication (ELF). It involves going through the mouth to deliver fasteners in the stomach that create the flap valve at the junction of the stomach and the esophagus.
Patients who suffer acid reflux disease have usually lost the flap valve or the muscle is stretched and slack allowing the acid to reflux back into the esophagus.
This new procedure reduces Hiatal hernia, restores the correct angle where the esophagus enters the stomach and creates an astroesophageal valve.
The procedure only takes about 30 minutes and the results are similar to traditional surgery but do not carry the same risk of side effects, which can produce difficulty swallowing, persistent diarrhoea and bloating.
conventional medicine does not get to the root cause of the disease but this method can stop acid reflux by restoring the flap val;ve.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
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