GERD Treatment and Symptoms entities Acid Reflux; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD); Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease; Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD); Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease/gerd; Gastroesophageal Reflux/Hiatal Hernia; Heartburn; Heartburn, Hiatal Hernia, and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD); Heartburn/GERD
For the webcomic, see Acid Reflux (webcomic). Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD; or GORD when spelling oesophageal, the BE form) is defined as chronic symptoms or mucosal damage produced by the abnormal reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus[1]. This is commonly due to transient or permanent changes in the barrier between the esophagus and the stomach. This can be due to incompetence of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), transient LES relaxation, or association with a hiat ...
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GERD Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Food and Drug Administration
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Society For Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds-net.org/
- American Academy of Dermatology http://www.aad.org/
- American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- La Leche League International http://www.lalecheleague.org/
- American College of Gastroenterology http://www.acg.gi.org/
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- Food and Drug Administration, HHS http://www.fda.gov/
- Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm
- New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH) http://www.noah-health.org
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) http://www.plasticsurgery.org/
- American Academy of Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inc. http://www.facial-plastic-surgery.org/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- 24-Hour Esophageal pH Test (Cleveland Clinic)
- Abdominoplasty (American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS))