GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX: SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT - GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

What is Gastroesophageal Reflux and How to Treat It



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Gastroesophageal reflux is the return of the contents of the stomach into the esophagus and towards the mouth, causing pain and inflammation. This happens when the muscle that should stop stomach acid from coming out of the inside does not work properly. The degree of inflammation caused in the esophagus by reflux depends on the acidity of the contents of the stomach and the amount of acid that comes into contact with the esophagus mucosa and can cause a disease called esophagitis because the stomach lining protects it from the effects of its but the esophagus does not have these characteristic