{"id":15514,"date":"2020-12-10T14:32:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T14:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=15514"},"modified":"2020-12-10T14:32:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T14:32:28","slug":"three-digestive-problems-that-steal-your-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sleep\/three-digestive-problems-that-steal-your-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Digestive Problems That Steal Your Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gastroesophageal reflux, peptic ulcer disease, or irritable bowel syndrome can keep you from getting a good night\u2019s rest. If you are not getting eight hours of sleep regularly because of a digestive condition, it is time to focus on treating their symptoms so you can get some much-needed sleep. Take a look at some of the symptoms to see if they are stealing part of your eight hours of sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. GERD<\/b><\/h3>\n

GERD or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease causes heartburn, pain, and regurgitation. The symptoms <\/span>can keep someone like you awake at night due to the feeling of pain or burning in your esophageal area. A <\/span>World of Gastroenterology<\/span><\/a> review showed: \u201c<\/span>Many patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have frequent nighttime heartburn as well as sleep-related Gastroesophageal Reflux (GOR). <\/span>A Gallup survey showed that: \u201ca higher frequency of reflux was associated with a higher frequency of sleep difficulties.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2. IBS<\/b><\/h3>\n

Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome or IBS causes you to have excessive gas,<\/span> constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, or nausea. If you have these symptoms at night and end up in the bathroom, your hours of sleep will be cut short. <\/span>The same <\/span>World of Gastroenterology<\/span><\/a> study reported: \u201cWe discovered that 100% of patients with active disease had poor sleep while only 72% of patients with clinically inactive disease had poor sleep.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Peptic Ulcers<\/b><\/h3>\n

If the pain jolting you awake at night is combined with nausea and heartburn, a peptic ulcer may be keeping you awake. A peptic ulcer is caused by a bacteria called <\/span>Heliocobacter pylori<\/span><\/i> in your digestive system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tips for a Better Night\u2019s Sleep<\/b><\/h3>\n

When these symptoms keep you awake, schedule, and see your medical provider. Your provider will know if you need medication or treatment to alleviate the problems. Other tips include:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Eat earlier at night<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Sleep on your side or back, not on your chest<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Reduce alcoholic drinks<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Cut down on caffeine<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Stop smoking<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Gastroesophageal reflux, peptic ulcer disease, or irritable bowel syndrome can keep you from getting a good night\u2019s rest. If you are not getting eight hours of sleep regularly because of a digestive condition, it is time to focus on treating their symptoms so you can get some much-needed sleep. Take a look at some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[693],"class_list":["post-15514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleep","tag-sleep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}