The summer heat has gradually revealed, the spring pollen has drifted or has become a good brew for the bees, while some “asthma” patients have not pollen season —- spring passed and there is a trace of relief, but the condition has become more aggressive. The summer heat, the heat is difficult, these “asthma” patients also want to relieve the cravings, over the mouth, they have no scruples to eat cold drinks, drink herbal tea, drink a large glass of cold beer, want to sweep the spring to bring them the gloom, a dash. It is expected that a dazzling back, painful season, the mouth of the slightest coolness does not bring them a little bit of respiratory pleasure —- coughing, coughing phlegm is still, holding breath, wheezing as usual. You must be wondering here, asthma patients are allergic to pollen, are they also allergic to the summer diet? Of course not. This part of “asthma” is not real asthma, but GERD, which is often misdiagnosed as asthma. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common digestive disorder in which the contents of the stomach and duodenum reflux, causing uncomfortable symptoms and/or complications, typically with acid reflux and heartburn. And when stomach and duodenal contents reflux as high as the pharynx, it can cause ejection, when it enters the larynx, trachea, and even the bronchi and lungs, leading to severe coughing, coughing up sputum and breathing difficulties. When you have a violent cough, coughing and even asthma-like attacks after a full meal, during sleep or when you wake up in the morning; when you are tormented by a nasty foreign body feeling in your throat for a long time, or even wake up at night with breath-holding and breathing difficulties, forcing you to adopt a sitting or upright position; when you are suffocated by laryngospasm and severe breathing difficulties due to the ejection of reflux into the throat and respiratory tract, you must think that you may be suffering from have GERD, not asthma. The hot weather in summer, the outdoor activities of people, the number of cold drinks, cold food and outdoor dining also increase, which often affects the function of the digestive system of GERD patients, the spirit is also in a state of excitement at the moment, and the daily routine is disrupted, all of which can aggravate the original GERD, and the corresponding respiratory symptoms appear, making the patient manifest as smelling and odor-induced suffocation, when in fact it is GERD that is at work. The fact is that GERD is at work. In recent years, the incidence of GERD has increased year by year due to the intense pace of life and increased work pressure. However, because many patients and even doctors are not fully aware of the respiratory complications of the disease, many patients are treated for a long time according to asthma, which only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, causing patients to have recurrent episodes of dyspnea and seriously affecting work efficiency and quality of life. Therefore, raising the awareness of both doctors and patients about the disease is the key to preventing and treating the disease. The goal of treating GERD is to control the patient’s symptoms, cure esophagitis, reduce recurrence and prevent a series of serious complications. First of all, we should change our lifestyle, eat slowly, eat less and more often, avoid lying in bed immediately after meals, at least 2 hours later; elevate the head of the bed appropriately when sleeping; do not tighten the belt, avoid constipation and control weight, etc.; try not to eat high-fat food, chocolate, coffee, strong tea, and quit smoking and alcohol. Secondly, there are medications and micro radiofrequency treatment for GERD in the lower esophagus. Medications include proton pump inhibitors, gastric mucosal protectors and gastrointestinal motility drugs. The above mentioned medications are quite effective in relieving the symptoms of GERD. When the patient has respiratory complications, appropriate treatment such as cough suppression, wheezing and phlegm reduction is necessary. Although medication is effective in treating the disease, the relapse rate is high after stopping the medication, so patients need to use medication for a long time, not only to suffer from the problem of side effects caused by medication, but also to bring many inconveniences to their life. Lower esophageal micro radiofrequency therapy is a newly developed technique with the advantages of less trauma, faster recovery and reliable efficacy, and has become the treatment of choice for controlling the respiratory complications of GERD. Regardless of whether you have acid reflux or heartburn, as long as your asthma is transient, occurs at night or during eating, accompanied by symptoms such as severe cough, tightness in the throat and suffocating wheezing, and when you can’t be cured according to asthma, it is often not asthma, so you must go to a GERD specialist as soon as possible to confirm the diagnosis and cooperate with your doctor to receive the correct diagnosis and treatment, you will avoid enduring unnecessary pain and financial loss.