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- Heartburn a burning
or painful feeling in the middle of the chest
- Epigastric pain
stomachache above the bellybutton
- Regurgitation
a sour taste or taste of vomit on the mouth
- Sandifers syndrome
an arching or twisting of the neck or back in an effort
to keep acid down in the stomach and reduce discomfort
- Mucous the slippery
fluid that your mouth, esophagus and intestines make to
help food move through more easily
- PH measurement (pHmetry)
a test to tell how much acid comes up from the stomach
into the esophagus during a reflux incident
- EGD an Esophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy:
the same procedure as an endoscopy
- LES lower esophageal
sphincter muscle, located at the base of the esophagus
- Silent reflux
reflux that causes problems, but not vomiting. Predominately
asthma like symptoms or chronic, recurrent respiratory symptoms
- Hematemesis vomiting
or spitting blood
- Anemia low red
blood cell count
- Dysphagia difficulty
swallowing
- Odynophagia when
it hurts to swallow
- Hypoallergenic
having the low likelihood of causing an allergic reaction
- Formula a specialized
milk formula for feeding infants
- Pharmacologic
related to medication
- Prokinetic a
motion that is stronger and more coordinated than usual
- Anti-secretory
a process that inhibits the secretion of acid
- Proton Pump an
acid pump
- H2RAs a class
of medications; tagamet, zantac, pepcid, axid and their
generics
- Fundoplication
anti-reflux surgery, usually involving the tucking of
part of the stomach around the esophagus to prevent reflux
- Laparoscopic
surgery performed with a slender endoscope that is inserted
through an incision in the abdominal wall
- Theobromine chemical
in chocolate (dimethylxanthine) related to caffeine that
may lower esophageal sphincter tone
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