Background: While medical therapy may fail to improve cough due to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), it is not known if inadequate esophageal acid suppression is responsible. Methods ...

Conclusions: Acid regurgitation but not heartburn was associated with GER. Esophageal dysmotility had no significant effect on acid regurgitation symptom but associated with chronic cough ...

GERD can be difficult to identify since not everyone gets the same symptoms. For example, some people might have a chronic cough but not experience heartburn. Some symptoms may be linked to other ...

Over time, my cough got much worse. It was so bad that coworkers started commenting on it to see if I was okay. When I visited my PCP again, they suggested I could have acid reflux. I ended up ...

Heartburn, in its true sense, has nothing to do with your heart. It’s a painful burning feeling that starts in your sternum and travels up into your throat. Pregnancy, certain foods, alcohol and some ...

What is GERD? GERD is a condition where stomach acid repeatedly moves up into your esophagus and causes a burning sensation in your throat or chest. While stomach acid is meant to remain in your ...