Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)  is one of the upper gastrointestinal chronic diseases where stomach content persistently and regularly flows up into the esophagus, resulting in symptoms and/or complications. Symptoms include dental corrosion, dysphagia, heartburn, odynophagia, regurgitation, non-cardiac chest pain, extraesophageal symptoms such as chronic cough, hoarseness, reflux-induced laryngitis, or asthma. On the long term, and when not treated, complications such as esophagitis, esophageal stricture, and Barretts esophagus may arise.Risk factors include obesity, pregnancy, smoking, hiatal hernia, and taking certain medications. Medications that may cause or worsen the disease include benzodiazepines, calcium channel blockers, tricyclic antidepressants, NSAIDs, and certain asthma medicines. Acid reflux is due to poor closure of the lower esophageal sphincter, which is at the junction between the stomach and the esophagus. Diagnosis among those who do not improve with simpler measures may involve gastroscopy, upper GI series, esophageal pH monitoring, or esophageal manometry.Treatment options include lifestyle changes, medications, and sometimes surgery for those who do not improve with the first two measures. Lifestyle changes include not lying down for three hours after eating, lying down on the left side, raising the pillow/bedhead height, losing weight, and stopping smoking. Foods that may precipitate GERD symptoms and could be avoided include coffee, alcohol, chocolate, fatty foods, acidic foods, and spicy foods. Medications include antacids, H2 receptor blockers, proton pump inhibitors, and prokinetics.In the Western world, between 10 and 20% of the population is affected by GERD.
See also
Acid perfusion test
Esophageal motility disorder
Esophageal motility study

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Further reading
Lichtenstein DR, Cash BD, Davila R,  et al. (August 2007). "Role of endoscopy in the management of GERD" (PDF). Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 66 (2): 219–24. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2007.05.027. PMID 17643692. Lay summary. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |lay-url= (help)
Hirano I, Richter JE (March 2007). "ACG practice guidelines: esophageal reflux testing". American Journal of Gastroenterology. 102 (3): 668–85. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.619.3818. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00936.x. PMID 17335450. S2CID 10854440. Katz PO, Gerson LB, Vela MF (March 2013). "Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease". American Journal of Gastroenterology. 108 (3): 308–28. doi:10.1038/ajg.2012.444. PMID 23419381.