Gastroesophageal reflux (GER), excessive crying, and constipation are common gastrointestinal symptoms in infancy of multifactorial origin in which psychosocial stress factors play an important role.
Anti-reflux mucosectomy (ARMS) is a newfangled minimally invasive technique, with successful outcomes for the management of Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER).
To objectively test a hypothesis that all EAE types (air swallows, supra-gastric belches and gastric belches) can be associated with GERD-like symptoms, we removed the impedance "tags" from the GER episodes (placed during autoscan) and instead tagged either air-swallows, supra-gastric belches or gastric belches in each of 3 copies of the 24-hour impedance tracing for two infant patients who presented with symptoms suggestive of GER as an etiology.
The patients with GERD and FD symptoms received PPI treatment for 4 weeks after endoscopy, and the severity of the symptoms and responses to treatment were evaluated at before and after 4 weeks of treatment using the Gastroesophageal Reflux and Dyspepsia Therapeutic Efficacy and Satisfaction Test (GERD-TEST).
Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of combinations of FGIDs including reflux (FGIDs-gastroesophageal reflux [GER]), and evaluate potential risk factors for people with multiple disorders in a representative US community.
Genes associated with syndromic GERD may offer clues as to the nature of nonsyndromic GERD genes, and all cases of the disease may not be due to mutations in genes that follow simple Mendelian laws.