title: [GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)].
abstract: Both GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) and asthma are common disease and the association between GERD and asthma are recently proved in many reports. Patient with GERD have a higher prevalence of asthma and aggressive antireflux therapy in patient with asthma and GERD results in improvement in asthma outcome. I examined the prevalence of GERD symptom using a questionnaire in asthma patients and about 80% have GERD among the patient with asthma. Endoscopic examination revealed that the prevalence of esophageal mucosal disease in patient with asthma was about 58%. In this paper I review the role of GERD in asthma.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dobashi
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009853:Omeprazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015995:Prevalence; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors; D009853:Omeprazole