by Elana Gotkine The validated Cough, Overweight/Obesity, Globus, Hiatal Hernia, Regurgitation, and Male Sex (COuGH RefluX) score can predict the likelihood of proven gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with chronic laryngeal symptoms, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Amanda J. Krause, M.D., from the University of California...
by Elana Gotkine Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) causally and positively influences rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but RA has no significant influence on GERD, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Frontiers in Genetics. Haifan Wang, from The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, and colleagues examined the bidirectional causal effects between...
by Lori Solomon The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Phathom Pharmaceuticals’ Voquezna (vonoprazan), a novel potassium-competitive acid blocker, as a new treatment for adults for with all grades of erosive esophagitis or erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The approval is based on the results of the PHALCON-EE Phase III trial, in which Voquezna...
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) are reflux conditions. GERD causes discomfort in the esophagus, while LPR affects the throat. The regurgitation of acidic stomach contents characterizes both GERD and LPR. However, the conditions differ in their symptoms and the areas involved. In GERD, acid reflux affects the esophagus, causing heartburn — an...
by Elana Gotkine For patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), anti-reflux mucosectomy (ARMS) shows long-term efficacy and is also effective for patients with reflux hypersensitivity, according to a study published online June 18 in Digestive Endoscopy. Kazuya Sumi, M.D., from Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital in Tokyo, and colleagues conducted a single-center, single-arm prospective study of 88 patients with proton...
by Laurel Kelly, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: CC0 Public Domain Heartburn—that burning pain in your chest after eating certain foods or when you lie down in the evening—is a common complaint and usually no cause for alarm. Heartburn occurs when stomach acid backs up into the esophagus, which is the tube that carries food...
