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Dr. Eisner Answers Your GERD Questions: Throat and Ear Pain
Dr. I have throat pain, hoarseness and an earache that won't go away. I do suffer from heartburn. Can the throat and ear pain be a result of GERD?
While it is not uncommon for gastroesophageal reflux disease to cause sore throat and hoarseness as well as ear pain and even ear infections, other more serious conditions need to be excluded. You can try maximizing treatment of acid reflux with twice a day proton pump inhibitors. If your symptoms resolve completely, then it is likely a result of g...
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Acid Reflux from Infancy to Adulthood III: Adults
By Jan Gambino , Health ExpertAcid Reflux from Infancy to Adulthood III: Adults This is part 3 of a 3-part series on Acid... Read more »
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By Todd Eisner , Health Expert... 5. I have been taking Nexium for years for my heartburn with excellent results. Everytime I... Read more »
Barrett’s Esophagus: Endoscopic Surveillance and Treatment Options
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...aggressive action will need to be taken. Q: Will acid reflux medications used to treat... Read more »
Gastroesophageal reflux disease and pregnancy
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...an endoscopy during pregnancy to simply evaluate acid reflux or heartburn. The primary... Read more »
Dr. Eisner answers your GERD questions: Natural remedies & heartburn
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...25 years old & have recently been diagnosed with acid reflux. I've been put on omeprazole,... Read more »
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GERD, Acid Reflux, Heartburn Medications
...inhibitors twice a day. This is based on the belief that adding the H2 blocker will prevent a rise in acid reflux at night. An important 2002 study, however, reported no additional benefits from... Read more »Acid Reflux (GERD) Risk Factors
...anemia.Acid back-up may be inhaled into the airways and cause pneumonia.The infant's life may be in danger if acid reflux causes spasms in the larynx severe enough to block the airways. In fact,... Read more »Adult Asthma Causes
...allergens during the dayThe wearing off of inhaled medications toward the early morningAn increase in acid reflux (back up of stomach acid) that causes airways to narrowPostnasal drip that occurs... Read more »Causes of Childhood Asthma
...heartburn.Those whose attacks are worse after eating or exercise.Those whose coughs follow episodes of acid reflux. (One study found that GERD was associated with about half of the episodes of... Read more »Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Heartburn: Highlights
...esophagus and is superior in identifying GERD.Withdrawn From Clinical UseEnteryx Implant. The Food and Drug Administration cleared Enteryx for use in 2003. Although studies showed that the implant... Read more »Images
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