Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a series of symptoms such as acid reflux and heartburn caused by the reflux of gastroduodenal contents into the esophagus. I didn't expect there to be so many diseases related to diseases. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a series of symptoms such as acid reflux and heartburn caused by the reflux of gastroduodenal contents into the esophagus.
Therefore, acid reflux and heartburn are also diseases. In addition, it can also manifest as gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal distension and belching, as well as extraesophageal manifestations such as cough, sputum production, laryngeal tightness, laryngeal foreign body sensation, wheezing, aspiration pneumonia, bronchiectasis, pulmonary fibrosis, non-cardiogenic chest pain, pharyngitis, rhinitis, otitis media, snoring, etc., which seriously affect the quality of life of patients.
The following conditions may be associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
First, chronic cough that does not heal for a long time may be related to gastroesophageal reflux disease. Coughing is commonplace, men, women, young and old, everyone has experienced coughing. But some people suffer from coughing for months. Some patients even cough up broken ribs and cough until they faint.
What makes a cough so annoying?
And some coughs don't matter what medicine is used, they just cough endlessly!The cough is not really refractory, but the cause is not found. Chronic cough is common in postnasal drip syndrome, cough-variant asthma, and gastroesophageal reflux, which accounts for up to 20 40 coughs, and is not curable by staring at the respiratory system. Some patients with gastroesophageal reflux cough have symptoms such as acid reflux and heartburn, but there are also many patients who do not have reflux symptoms, and cough is the only manifestation. Therefore, gastroesophageal reflux cough cannot be ruled out in patients with chronic cough without symptoms of esophageal reflux.
Second, chronic pharyngitis is a common disease with a high incidence in adults, and white-collar workers are particularly favored.
The causes of chronic pharyngitis are: 1. Acute pharyngitis ** is incomplete;2. Smoking and drinking;3. Rhinitis and sinusitis infect the pharynx;4. Inflammation of the oral cavity spreads to the pharynx;5. Gastroesophageal reflux stimulates the pharynx.
Much chronic pharyngitis is now found to be caused by gastroesophageal reflux. Because the incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease is very high, accounting for 10% to 30% of the normal population, many chronic pharyngitis are caused or exacerbated by reflux.
Although you don't need to be overly nervous about chronic pharyngitis, you can't take it lightly.
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma has symptoms similar to chronic pharyngitis, so once the inflammation persists, you should go to the hospital for examination. It can be detected by routine outpatient ENT examination. After the exclusion of cancer, if the regular ** pharyngitis does not resolve, the possibility of reflux pharyngitis should be considered.
Third, rhinitis is not necessarily an allergy. Many rhinitis patients are plagued by sneezing, runny nose and nasal congestion every day, and they are all diagnosed with allergic rhinitis in the hospital without exception. With the development of medicine, some studies have found that many rhinitis is not a real allergy, but caused by gastroesophageal reflux, which we call gastroesophageal reflux rhinitis.
Although the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux rhinitis are very similar to those of allergic rhinitis, there are essential differences between the two: (1) the former has no obvious seasonality, while the latter has obvious seasonality. (2) The former is most obvious in the early morning and when waking up, and in addition, it is more sensitive to changes in the environment, such as the alternation of hot and cold air;The latter occurs after exposure to an allergen. (3) The former is sometimes related to eating. (4) Some patients in the former have symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux, such as acid reflux, heartburn, stomach distention, belching, etc.
Fourth, snoring can also be gastroesophageal reflux disease. Some patients are obese, snoring while sleeping, and often wake up easily. Most are apnea syndromes, but some are related to gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Clinically, we often encounter gastroesophageal reflux disease cured, and snoring is also cured.
It is now found that many snoring is just a complication of gastroesophageal reflux.
Gastroesophageal reflux may cause snoring through two mechanisms, airway spasm caused by the regurgitation of gastric contents into the airway, and airway spasm through nerve reflex mechanisms. The causal relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease and snoring has not yet been clarified, but it is certain that the two can coexist and aggravate each other, and as long as one link is terminated, gastroesophageal reflux and snoring may be relieved to varying degrees.
In addition, it is also necessary to pay attention to non-cardiogenic angina, some asthma, otitis media, tooth decay, etc., which may also be a manifestation of gastroesophageal reflux disease
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