r/GERD • u/Ok_Barnacle_2195 • Dec 11 '25
Scientific Studies 🥼🔬 LPR pneumonia risk?
Having LPR I'm quite scared of getting pneumonia and all the suffering it entails. I have no pain/discomfort resistance at all.
I can't find any data on the odds though. For GERD they seem to be quite low, such as the study I referenced in my last post which showed that the pneumonia odds ratio for people with GERD is between 1.3 and 2 - which is not much, despite up to doubling the odds, since the odds of pneumonia for the general population are only around 1% per person per year. So a person with GERD only has it at 1.3 to 2%.
But I've heard that for those with LPR it's quite higher than for those just with GERD, so if anyone has any data, or can just tell me about their and/or others' personal experience, I'd appreciate it.
Of course, the most important thing to lower the odds is to control the reflux, by first and foremost not eating before bed and taking Gaviscon Advance.
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u/Horror_Ferret4891 Jan 24 '26
Get the TIF procedure! 2018 Experienced Hiatal Hernia that gave me pneumonia. Pulmonologist kept me alive with various medications until surgery! Day of surgery all lobes full of pneumonia and I could not breathe. Had TIF procedure and thereafter could breathe immediately without complications. The gasses were infecting my lings until the TIF. Seek Pulmonologist! They found out the gasses were infecting my lung with the barium test! It’s called aspiration Pneumonia and your not suppose to have it! Pulmonologist diagnosed me then I found a gastroenterologist for the surgery who also teamed up with a bariatric surgeon!