Background: Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has increased in the last decades, and it is now one of the most common chronic and recurrent diseases. The present study aimed at determining the frequency of gender (sex) and age in Iranian patients with GERD symptoms.    Methods: In this study, 803 patients aged 11 to 84 years, with erosive and nonerosive gastroesoph...

introduction and aim: gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) and irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) are important diseases, which are increasing in frequency and capable of impairing the quality of life to the same extent or even more than severe organic gastrointestinal diseases. these disorders have a significant burden on the health care system. the aim of this study was to determine the prevale...

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...

Gastroesophageal reflux is a common problem that occurs in the pediatric population. Gastroesophageal reflux refers to the retrograde passage of gastric contents into the esophagus. Current thinking implicates transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations as a major cause for reflux. Infants generally present with symptoms of regurgitation, whereas symptoms of esophagitis are more common in ...

 Diagnosis History. If classic symptoms of heartburn and acid regurgitation dominate a patient’s history, then they can help establish the diagnosis of GERD with sufficiently high specificity, although sensitivity remains low compared to 24-hour pH monitoring. The presence of atypical symptoms (Table 1), although common, cannot sufficiently support the clinical diagnosis of GERD [B*]. Testing....

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux is a common problem in children, and (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) GERD comprises its objective pathologic sequelae, but the term has also been used more recently to denote symptoms affecting quality of life. The Clinical presentation is very variable. It causes mortality and morbidity without appropriate treatment plan. Objective: We are going to evaluat...

OBJECTIVE there are many questions and little evidence regarding the diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in children. The association between GERD and cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA), overuse of abdominal ultrasonography for the diagnosis of GERD, and excessive pharmacological treatment, especially proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are some aspects that need clarific...

IS GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE INFLUENCED BY DUODENOGASTRIC REFLUX ? (Abstract): BACKGROUND: It is well known that the gastroesophageal reflux is a frequent disease in medical practice. A lot of factors are involved in its pathogenesis. The aim of our study was to find out if the duodenogastric reflux is one of these factors. We also looked for the pathological conditions associated with du...

Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is a common problem in infants and children. Physiologic vomiting is common in the first 6 months to 1 year of life. However, pathologic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can present in childhood. Pathologic GERD is the occurrence of reflux with associated complications that can include failure to thrive, aspiration, laryngospasm, and esophagitis.1 Treatment o...

Gastroesophageal reflux (GER), represents the retrograde movement of gastric contents into the esophagus, and is a frequently experienced benign but symptomatic condition. At the one end of the spectrum are infants with physiologic reflux, also referred to in the United States as “happy spitters”, and at the other end are children with objective pathologic sequelae comprising gastroesophageal r...