BACKGROUND People with proven gastroesophageal reflux disease may also experience symptoms such as voice loss, chronic cough, globus, and sore throat. These laryngopharyngeal reflux symptoms have been reported to respond to prolonged proton pump inhibitor therapy, but the Hill approach to resolving these specific individual symptoms has not been widely reported in surgical literature. METHODS...

Introduction: Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is the most common of esophageal disorder in all ages.  GER defined as passage of gastric contents into the esophagus, and GER disease (GERD), (symptoms or complications of GER), are common pediatric problems. Clinical manifestations of GERD in infants include regurgitation, irritability, choking, gagging vomiting, poor weight gain and respiratory dis...

background the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux (gerd) and airway diseases is still a matter of debate. oscillometry is an objective, independent tool for the evaluation of airway resistance. the main purpose of this study is to comparespirometry and oscillometry results before and after treatment by a proton pump inhibitor (ppi) in a group of gerd patients who have no respiratory s...

Aim We report a case of atypical esophageal stricture in a young diabetic woman. Background Diabetes mellitus and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are two common disorders in modern society. Case report A young diabetic woman developed a 6-cm-long esophageal stricture. This stricture was refractory to multiple esophageal dilation procedures. She underwent subtotal esophagectomy and ha...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common problems in neonates. The main goals infantile GERD treatment are maintaining clinical recovery, sufficient growth, and preventing recurrence rate related problems. Acid-suppressive therapy including H2RAs PPIs basic pharmacologic for adult pediatric GERD. more effective than treatment. Neonatal remains a difficult entity to defin...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease varies in different parts of the world. There are no population based studies in Nigeria. The main objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and risk factors for gastroesophageal reflux disease in a population of Nigerian medical students. METHODS The Carlsson-Dent questionnaire was administered to medical students i...