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Health Encyclopedia: Acid Reflux (Gerd) Risk Factors
- Acid Reflux (GERD) Risk Factors
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Risk Factors
GERD occurs monthly in about half of American adults. People of all ages are susceptible to GERD. Elderly people with GERD tend to have a more serious condition than younger people.
Risk Factors for Heartburn and GERD
Eating Pattern. Anyone who eats a heavy meal and subsequently lies on the back or bends over from the waist is at risk for an attack of heartburn. Anyone who snacks at bedtime is at high risk for heartburn.
Pregnancy. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to heartburn...
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Expert & Community Posts
A Summary of Recent Asthma Research
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...ones. Asthma is one of 3 common causes of chronic cough in children. A group of physicians in... Read more »
New Baby with Reflux?
By Jan Gambino , Health Expert...stomach into the food pipe. GER occurs in infants, children and adults on a regular basis. It is... Read more »
How Asthma Is Diagnosed
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...around the world. It is becoming especially common in children. But people of any age can... Read more »
Understanding Cough Variant Asthma
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...tightness. CVA is an especially common diagnosis in young children, and it often progresses into... Read more »
5 Steps to Getting Your Asthma Under Control
By Romelia Walters , Health Expert...one of the students who is a mom with an asthmatic child. Her son has severe asthma, and has a... Read more »
Health Guide
Cough
...Exposure to air pollutants ACE inhibitors (medications used to control blood pressure) If a child has a barking cough, see croup. Read more »Sinusitis: Symptoms
...sinusitis can produce additional symptoms, which may be severe or even life threatening.Symptoms in Children. Children are most likely to develop infection in the ethmoid sinuses, located between... Read more »Pneumonia: Diagnosis
...of CAP is bacteria, atypical bacteria, or a virus, since they all require different treatments. In children, for example, S. pneumonia is the most common cause, but respiratory syncytial virus may... Read more »Acid Reflux Symptoms
...coughing and wheezing may occur. In fact, in one study, GERD alone accounted for 41.1% of cases of chronic cough in nonsmoking patients. The incidence was even higher when GERD and asthma were... Read more »Allergies and Causes of Childhood Asthma Causes
The word asthma originates from an ancient Greek word meaning panting. Essentially, asthma is an inability to breathe properly. When any person inhales, the air travels through the... Read more »Images
Related News
Stubborn Cough Fades With Morphine
March 13, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- What do you do for a never-ending cough? New research reveals it may take morphine to quiet the rattle and give those lungs a... Read summary »
New Tool Promotes Safe Immunization
September 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Pediatricians now have a new tool to ensure nearly every child can be safely vaccinated against deadly diseases, including... Read summary »
Popular Cold Drug: Concern for Kids
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Eliminating Milk Allergies Does a Body Good
August 28, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? In a study at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, children who were severely allergic to milk were given increasingly higher... Read summary »
Earlier Vaccination Saves Babies? Lives
November 12, 2008By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A simple shift in your baby's vaccination schedule may... Read summary »
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