A vibrating wearable device helped people with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) stay positioned on their left side while sleeping, alleviating nighttime reflux symptoms compared with sham treatment, a small, randomized study suggests.
People often report having more reflux symptoms when sleeping on their right side, and experimental studies suggest that sleeping on the right side is associated with higher esophageal acid exposure time and slower esophageal acid clearance compared with sleeping on the left side, the authors wrote.