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@kathyhg

I am also curious about dietary changes that you've made to reduce/get rid of GERD. My doctor told me not to eat or drink anything for 3 hours before going to bed and elevate the head of my bed to 30 degree angle. It was almost impossible to sleep with this angle so I reduced it a bit and it still seems to be helpful.

There was a good presentation on this at a conference on MAC; someone posted it here within the last couple of months. I watched it but didn't save it and I can't remember where the conference was held or who the speakers were. I'm sorry but it seems to be much the same information as that which I got from my doctor.

Thanks,

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rits | @rits | Jan 8, 2020

I believe you are thinking of the National Jewish patient lecture series from last Sept. Dr. Jeffrey King talked about the relationship between GERD and bacteria in the lungs. As I recall, it's not the kind of GERD we are familiar with because mycobacteria don't live in stomach acid. He described a test for the kind of GERD that causes lung bacteria. That test requires a measuring device dropped through the nose into the esophagus which must be left there for 22 hours.

I hope someone will post the link again.

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