Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects approximately 20% of the US population and is one of the most common acid-related disorders in US adults. One of the key symptoms of this often chronic disorder is heartburn. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is known to cause heartburn, and the presence of acid in the esophagus for prolonged periods is now known to place patients at risk for serious...

The aim of this study was to assess clinical and radiological findings of gastro-oesophageal reflux in adults who were diagnosed as having a hiatal hernia in infancy or early childhood. One hundred and eighteen patients with a minimum age of 20 who were diagnosed as having a hiatal hernia in childhood were interviewed; barium meal examination was performed in 96 of these cases. Ninety four pati...

Headache is one of the most frequent reasons for medical consultations, in both general practice and neurology clinics.(Steiner 2007) Migraine has been covered in a separate Fact Sheet so this one will focus on tension-type headache. These occur in up to around 80% of the UK adult population(Steiner 2007), and are more prevalent in women (65% of cases in one survey).(Friedman 1954) Symptoms beg...

conclusions conservative management is successful in the vast majority of patients with spinal headache. interventional procedures are required in a small fraction of patients for symptomatic relief. case presentation intrathecal drug delivery system (idds) was initially used for the management of chronic malignant pain; it has since been used to manage pain from other nonmalignant conditions a...

many aspects of the lives of migraineurs are commonly affected by the condition, including occupational affairs, social and family life, responsibilities and ultimately the quality of life. this study was designed to determine the effect of orem's self-care nursing model on quality of life in patients with a migraine. this study was carried out in tehran, iran. according to the pre-post design ...

BACKGROUND Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) - reflux of stomach contents +/- bile into the oesophagus causing symptoms such as heartburn and acid reflux - is a common relapsing and remitting disease which often requires long-term maintenance therapy. Patients with GORD may have oesophagitis (inflammation of the oesophagus) or a normal endoscopy (endoscopy negative reflux disease or ENRD...