[tlspiegel]

I'm sorry. Acid is what breaks down the food you eat. Needed to function. Only bad thing is as you get older, the acid also wears away the stomach lining and it gets thinner and less able to tolerate too much acid. I have this problem. It comes and goes. I take pepcid. My ex-h had it very severe and took prilosec. It helped his GERD. Don't sleep lying flat. Try to get a few pillows under your head. They say raising the head of the bed on risers helps but that would mean your mate would also have to sleep that way. Try to not have too many hours with an empty stomach. Even a little food will help keep the acid from being "alone" in there. lol Nerves will activate the problem. Stressy stuff. After you get things under control to a dull roar, you'll be able to eat/drink more things. You need to heal the bleeding area if it's an ulcer. If you have GERD you need to heal the area where food goes down into the belly and doesn't come back up. It's like the sphincter muscle in the anus. If it's damaged it lets food come back up. Ugh. Nasty stuff. It can heal. Actually can reduce flareups greatly with the right meds. They are expensive, but they do work. Surgery sometimes is an option but I'm not so sure it is a final cure forever. Lifestyle changes are what has to be done.