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Combined with avoiding late heavy meals and identifying personal food triggers, these simple habits may help make nighttime more comfortable.
The important thing is to pay attention to your own symptoms.
If reflux is happening frequently, disrupting your sleep, or becoming increasingly severe, it’s better to discuss it with a healthcare professional than to rely entirely on sleeping-position tricks.
Sometimes the simplest change—such as turning onto your left side—can be worth trying tonight.