Acid Reflux and its treatment can
Monday, June 21st, 2010For the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux is to suppress the production of gastric acid, oral medication is the use of acid to reduce the amount and / or abdomen to help the muscles of the lower esophageal sphincter function. Antacids and other drugs and lifestyle changes can help reduce acid reflux.
Drug Treatments
The first medicine is to try to make a drug H2 blockers such as famotidine (Pepcid AC),cimetidine (Tagamet HB), ranitidine (Zantac 75), and nizatidine (Axid AR). If no results are displayed as you suggested taking omeprazole (Prilosec).
The next step in treating acid reflux is a high dose H2-blockers, treatment of a little 'patience, have no symptoms. This type of treatment used in patients with moderate to severe GERD.
The best solution is to continue treatment, even alleviate the symptoms, soWas not coming back. If the treatment processes, the results then you have a second test: endoscopic and be sure that we cindition treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, can sometimes be confused with other diseases such as gall bladder problems.
Surgery
Surgery is indicated if patients have complications if treatment is not recommended for younger people, in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux, improveregurgitation. constant state of gastroesophageal reflux is considered more serious than before and the safety of the drug in the long term is uncertain.
But without drugs, surgery itself can not cure some patients with GERD and antacid drugs, even after surgery is necessary. Po 'patience is observed return of symptoms after one year after surgery, then before the operation should disscussall treatment options with a surgeon and physician.
Patients with Barrett's esophagus have an increased risk of developing cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal reflux surgery does not limit the possibility of developing cancer. So the truth is that surgical procedures have many complications and high failure rates, and not always healthy gastroesophageal reflux.
One of the risks of infection and general anesthesiainternal bleeding. One complication that causes discomfort, gas-bloat, which occurs because of severe low muscle esophagus, which is not allowed to pass food into the stomach. Doctors may be small amounts of food to eat in a meal and chew thoroughly.
Other treatment options: open surgery proton pump inhibitors, medications, diet changes. The operation is not recommended for patients with motility disorders, obesity, pregnant women esophageal cancer extreme, but wheremedicine fails to laparoscopic fundoplication is the only solution.