When this happens, stomach acid, which should stay in the stomach, flows back into the food pipe. Because the acid is an irritant, the lining of the food pipe also becomes inflamed, and this can cause ...
“Some people find spicy foods worsen symptoms. Interestingly ... reduce the pressure difference between the stomach and oesophagus and can reduce reflux. Both Woodland and Kennedy both state ...
For patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), improvement in symptoms is seen with both ... by changes in the barrier between the stomach and the esophagus, including abnormal ...
Up to 24% of asthmatics may have silent GER without the classic reflux symptoms (heartburn ... the pathogenesis and clinical features of gastric (reflux-triggered) asthma and provides clues ...