Acid reflux, GERD, heartburn or acid indigestion is signaled by an unpleasant burning sensation in the food pipe or behind the breastbone. Understanding your triggers can help stop heartburn in ...

Welcome to the Tell Me What to Eat series. I'm Elaine Magee. Today we're talking about GERD, commonly known as acid reflux disease. That's where the valve between the lower end of the esophagus ...

A Nissen fundoplication is a surgical procedure used to treat severe GERD or chronic acid reflux. During this procedure, the surgeon wraps the upper part of the stomach (the fundus) around the ...

GERD can cause a number of unpleasant acid reflux symptoms, including heartburn, regurgitation of stomach contents into the mouth or throat, nausea, and difficulty swallowing, among others.

Hetal Karsan MD GERD is the abbreviation that's used for gastro-esophageal-reflux disease ... Merely being horizontal can make it easier for acid to creep into the esophagus.

who notes that heartburn is one sign of gastroesophageal reflux, or GERD. "The contents of the stomach, whether it's food or acid or other stomach chemicals come back up or reflux up into the ...

Heartburn, which usually presents as a burning sensation in the chest, is one of the main symptoms of indigestion and is caused by acid reflux. Dr Philip Woodland, consultant gastroenterologist ...

Background/Aim: To determine the roles of gastroesophageal acid reflux (GER) and esophageal dysmotility on typical and atypical GERD symptoms. Methods: Two hundred thirty-six patients (159 females ...

Background Medical management of GERD mainly uses proton pump inhibitors. Alginates also have proven efficacy. The aim of this trial was to compare short-term efficacy of an alginate (Gaviscon ...