Psychological factors in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

reflux disease . Psychological factors in gastro - oesophageal

More than one hundred years ago, Sir William Osler noted that 'oesophagismus is met with in hysterical patients and hypochondriacs ... the idiopathic form is found in females of a marked neurotic habit'.2 Since then the role of psychological factors in many oesophageal disorders has been well documented. These include the nutcracker oesophagus which causes chest pain and upper oesophageal sphin...

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Over past decades, considerable shifts in thinking about the disease have taken place. At a time when radiology was the only diagnostic test available, reflux disease was regarded as synonymous with hiatus hernia. After the advent of the flexible endoscope, reflux disease was, for a period, equa...

Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease

Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease

Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease