title: [GERD and respiratory tract diseases].
abstract: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) depends on acid reflux into the distal oesophagus. The typical symptoms of GERD are heartburn, dysphagia, chest discomfort and acid regurgitation. Besides typical symptoms GERD could by manifested by extraesophageal signs. There is increasing number of studies showing that GERD and respiratory diseases coexist frequently.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Alergologii i Chorób Wewnetrznych, Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Białymstoku. ikuchar@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kucharewicz
authors.forename: Aleksy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lukaszyk
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kemona-Chetnik
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bodzenta-Lukaszyk
mesh_terms: D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology*