Gastroesophageal reflux: one of the most "loaded" diseases! Chest pain, back pain, abdominal pain, all because of it

 In the ENT department of a hospital, Dr. Li treated a young couple.

The girl looked very painful. She pointed to her throat but couldn't speak, or even made a sound. She had to be translated by her boyfriend. After a series of checks, she found that she was Throat disease caused by gastroesophageal reflux.

The doctor said: Gastroesophageal reflux disease is becoming more and more common!

The average prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux in my country is 5%~10%, and in recent years, the affected population has gradually become younger. There is a very big connection between this and daily eating habits.

Many people have long-term improper diets and like to eat some irritating foods, such as foods that are too sour, too hot, and too spicy. These foods can cause gastrointestinal irritation. It causes a large amount of gastric acid secretion, which causes damage to the gastric mucosa. In addition, poor eating habits lead to gastric reversal and form gastroesophageal reflux.

Some people have questions at this time. They usually pay attention to their diet in their daily lives and hardly touch irritating foods, but they are also sick. This may be caused by negative emotions . Modern people are generally under greater pressure in life, and many people have been in negative emotions for a long time. As a result, gastric acid secretion will be affected, long-term mental stress, excessive fatigue, and gastroesophageal reflux will be easily caused.

The symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux are very atypical. What are the specific symptoms?

In the opening case, the patient never thought that his sore throat turned out to be a stomach problem.

Under normal circumstances, the main symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux are acid reflux and heartburn. In addition to gastroesophageal reflux, there are a series of atypical symptoms and extraesophageal symptoms, such as chest pain, back pain, cough, etc. These symptoms are very confusing Sex. It is easy to confuse with angina, asthma, acute cholecystitis, chronic cough, and other diseases. It is precise because of these atypical symptoms that gastroesophageal reflux is easily missed and misdiagnosed.

How to treat diagnosed gastroesophageal reflux?

Once gastroesophageal reflux is diagnosed, it is necessary to suppress gastric acid, promote gastric motility, and take some drugs that neutralize gastric acid to basically relieve symptoms. Some moderate to severe patients may need surgical treatment. In addition to treatment in the hospital, they also need to cooperate with daily life conditioning!

1. Greasy foods, chocolates, desserts and some gas-producing foods are not edible, and you should drink as little as possible of strong tea and coffee. Mainly eat warm foods daily, avoid spicy, irritating, and overheated foods as much as possible;

2. Do not lie down immediately after eating, and do not bend over, squat and hold your breath;

3. It is recommended not to eat supper after falling asleep at night;

4. Pay attention to regular and quantitative eating for three meals a day, slow down your eating speed as much as possible, and chew food fully;

5. Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables daily and maintain water intake to maintain smooth bowel movements every day;

6. In daily sleep, you can raise the bedside cushion by 20 degrees, which can raise the upper body properly and prevent reflux to a certain extent.

When you find that you have some abnormal symptoms, you must go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time to avoid delaying the best treatment time.