Pregnant women are at high risk of GERD, and there are multiple reasons for this. First, after pregnancy, the dietary structure of pregnant women has changed greatly, in order to ensure the nutrition of the fetus, pregnant women often strengthen the nutrition, the intake of food has also greatly increased, which causes a certain burden on the stomach and intestines, when too much food accumulates in the stomach and intestines can not be digested, it is easy to form a reflux. Secondly, the pregnancy reaction during pregnancy, frequent vomiting after a long time is easy to cause the lower esophageal sphincter relaxation, causing reflux, and vomiting itself is one of the most violent reflux. Thirdly, changes in the body structure of pregnant women are also prone to gastroesophageal reflux. As the fetus continues to grow, the intra-abdominal pressure of pregnant women gradually increases, and the pressure in the stomach cavity increases after the stomach is squeezed, and reflux occurs when the pressure exceeds that in the esophagus. It used to be thought that pregnant women were at high risk for asthma, but they are not. Although they also cough and wheeze like asthmatics, they usually have GERD, not asthma. This is because GERD has not been recognized in the past and asthma-like attacks caused by reflux are classified as asthma. GERD is a disease in which the reflux of stomach and duodenal contents causes uncomfortable symptoms and/or complications, the typical symptoms of which are acid reflux and heartburn. And when gastric and duodenal contents reflux as high as the pharynx, it can cause ejection, which leads to severe coughing, coughing up phlegm and difficulty breathing when it enters the larynx, trachea, and even bronchi and lungs. When you suffer from severe coughing, coughing up phlegm, or even asthma-like attacks after a full meal, during sleep, or in the morning; when you are tormented by a nasty foreign body sensation in the pharynx for a long time, or even awakened at night by breath-holding and dyspnea, and forced to take a seated or upright position; and when you are suffocated due to the ejection of regurgitated material into the pharynx and respiratory tract, resulting in laryngospasm and severe dyspnea, you should definitely think that you may be suffering from GERD, not asthma. Pregnant women are at high risk for GERD due to the changes in their bodies caused by pregnancy, so it’s not hard to understand if the reflux spews into the airways and causes an asthma-like attack. Treating GERD can be tricky for pregnant women because the fetus keeps doctors on their toes and throwing in the towel. Many very effective medications are contraindicated for pregnant women, so pregnant women who want to control GERD have to start with themselves. The main thing is to change the way of life, eat slowly, to eat small meals, do not lie down immediately after the meal, at least 2 hours before you can take the lying position; sleep properly raised head of the bed; do not tighten the girdle, to avoid constipation and weight control, etc.; as far as possible, do not consume high-fat foods, chocolate, coffee, strong tea, and quit smoking, avoid alcohol. In addition, alkaline drugs such as aluminum hydroxide gel, Lotus stomach or drugs to protect the gastric mucosa, such as aluminum thioglycollate, can also be taken under the guidance of a physician, which can help reduce the symptoms of reflux.