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As a type 2 diabetic i restrict my sugar intake, but on occasions i succumb to temptation by having 4-5 chocolate eclair sweets before going to bed,this does relax me and sleep is a lot faster than normal, but it is on these occasions that i wake to find a sweet fluid entering my trachia cousing me to cough and splutter, now that i have identified the culpret i no longer indulge ,but ask the question why this should happen
What is a "chocolate eclair sweet"--a little piece of candy that tastes like a chocolate eclair, or do you mean full-sized chocolate eclairs?
The big ones, of course, will send your blood sugar through the roof!
In either case, though, it sounds as though you have not had a chance for your stomach to empty before you lie down, and the undigested stomach contents are simply leaking back up your esophagus.
There is a kind of "valve" at the base of the esophagus that is supposed to minimize this, but in quite a few people, it does not work well. In general, people with this problem are advised NOT to eat anything for several hours before going to bed.
Here is more info about gastric reflux:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000265.htm
The big ones, of course, will send your blood sugar through the roof!
In either case, though, it sounds as though you have not had a chance for your stomach to empty before you lie down, and the undigested stomach contents are simply leaking back up your esophagus.
There is a kind of "valve" at the base of the esophagus that is supposed to minimize this, but in quite a few people, it does not work well. In general, people with this problem are advised NOT to eat anything for several hours before going to bed.
Here is more info about gastric reflux:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000265.htm
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