BACKGROUND Heartburn precludes ruling out gastroesophageal reflux (GER) to diagnose functional heartburn (FH). AIMS To explore the frequency of GER in patients in Mexico reporting heartburn according to Rome II and whether GER in non-heartburn patients is related to dyspepsia. METHODS We analyzed 40 patients that answered the Rome II Questionnaire in Spanish-Mexico and were tested with pH-m...

Background: Heartburn precludes ruling out gastroesophageal reflux (GER) to diagnose functional heartburn (FH). Aims: To explore the frequency of GER in patients in Mexico reporting heartburn according to Rome II and whether GER in non-heartburn patients is related to dyspepsia. Methods: We analyzed 40 patients that answered the Rome II Questionnaire in Spanish-Mexico and were tested with pH-mo...

Collagenous gastritis is a rare cause of heartburn in adults. Histopathological examination gastric mucosal biopsy from the stomach shows submucosal collagen deposition. The pathophysiologic mechanism unknown, and collagenous cases have been associated with certain drugs, such as olmesartan non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medical conditions, common variable immunodeficiency, primary IgM deficie...

BACKGROUND Heartburn and regurgitation frequently occur in the third trimester of pregnancy, but their impact on quality of life has not been thoroughly investigated. OBJECTIVE To measure health-related quality of life of third-trimester pregnant women with heartburn and regurgitation. Methods Data on obstetric history, heartburn and regurgitation frequency and intensity, history of heartburn...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors related to heartburn in pregnant women attending the antenatal care clinic, Rajavithi Hospital. MATERIAL AND METHOD Self-reporting questionnaire about demographic data and risk factors related to heartburn in those pregnant women between May 1 and July 31, 2010. RESULTS Heartburn was found in 55 out of 452 pregnant women (12.2%). There were no signifi...

INTRODUCTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Heartburn, or pyrosis, is usually described as a burning sensation that radiates upward retrosternally from the epigastrium toward the neck. Heartburn is a common symptom that occurs frequently during pregnancy, in any trimester. Although “heartburn” and “gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)” have become integrally connected in the medical literature, the two ter...

Heartburn, the main symptom of gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GORD), might be expected to occur infrequently in achalasia, a disorder characterised by a hypertensive lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS) that fails to relax. Nevertheless, it is often described by patients with achalasia. The medical records of 32 patients with untreated achalasia who complained of heartburn, and of 35 similar pa...

The aim of this study was to compare the therapeutic efficacy of alginate-based reflux suppressant and magnesium-aluminium antacid gel for treatment of heartburn in pregnancy. A double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial was conducted. One hundred pregnant women at less than 36 weeks gestation with heartburn at least twice per week were randomized to either alginate-based reflux suppressant o...