You experience asthma symptoms after eating foods that make reflux worse, such as a high-fat meal, alcohol, chocolate, or caffeine you are taking medications known to increase acid reflux, such as calcium channel blockers (eg nifedipine for hypertension), prescription pain medications (eg lortab), or osteoporosis treatments (eg fosamax). Asthma symptoms with acid reflux. Generally speaking, reflux may cause asthma symptoms in two ways 1) the stomach acid that leaks back into the esophagus creates a chain reaction leading to asthma symptoms the refluxed gastric acid irritates the nerve endings in the esophagus generating signals to the brain.
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