We investigated comparison according to reflux esophagitis and non-erosive reflux disease about "daily" symptom improvement for proton pump inhibitor treatment. We enrolled 57 reflux esophagitis and 90 non-erosive reflux disease patients. They took rabeprazole 10 mg/day for 28 days and completed "daily" in the Frequency Scale for the Symptoms of GERD from baseline until day 14, and after 28 day...

BACKGROUND Chronic gingivostomatitis in cats (FCG) is a debilitating disease with potentially deleterious effects on overall health. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES Little is known about the pathophysiology and overall impact of FCG. The aims of our study were to investigate whether gingivostomatitis occurs concurrently with esophagitis, if FCG treatment contributes to esophagitis and if esophagitis ex...

Although the key features of eosinophilic esophagitis have been increasingly described over recent years, this entity is still often not considered and consequently diagnosis is often either not made or delayed. Typical endoscopic findings may be present. The diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis, however, relies on the histological assessment of mucosal biopsies. This case report highlights a ...

Association between eosinophilic esophagitis and herpetic esophagitis has been suggested in some studies but it continues been so controversial. We present two clinical cases of two immunocompetent patients who did not have any previous predisposing treatment and who present both diseases; that is the reason we suggest that they may have any relation.

Bacterial esophagitis is a very rare condition usually occurring in patients with immunosuppression. To our best knowledge, bacterial esophagitis without underlying immunosuppressive disease has not been reported. We report an immunocompetent patient with bacterial esophagitis caused by B-hemolytic Streptococcus which resulted in an esophageal stricture. A 68-year-old female was admitted for od...

Objective The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of reflux esophagitis and Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) infection and their interrelationship in healthy young Japanese volunteers. Methods Between 2010 and 2016, 550 fifth-year medical students at Saga Medical School, aged 22 to 30 years, underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and completed a questionnaire (f...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of the review is to discuss key studies conducted on the intriguing relationship between Helicobacter pylori and gastroesophageal reflux disease. RECENT FINDINGS Epidemiological studies have repeatedly described a negative association between H. pylori infection and erosive esophagitis, Barrett's esophagus, and esophageal adenocarcinoma, but not between H. pylori...