Signs & Symptoms
Occurs after eating an offending food or fluid (often foods like onions, fried foods, alcohol, and spicy foods)
What is dyspepsia/indigestion?
Weight that is higher than what is considered healthy for a given height
What is obesity?
Breakdown of the abbreviation GERD
What is gastroesophageal reflux disease?
Neutralize excess acid and increase LES pressure
What are antacids?
Burning sensation of the esophagus
What is pyrosis?
Potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts
What is sleep apnea?
A muscular tube that leads from the throat to the stomach
What is the esophagus?
Reduce gastric acid by inhibiting the cellular pump of the gastric parietal cells necessary for gastric acid secretion
What are proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)?
Common feeling that patient's with GERD report having in their chest
What is a heart attack?
Reason older adults are at risk for GERD
What is delayed gastric emptying/weakened LES tone?
Prevents the reflux of food and fluids into the mouth or esophagus
What is the lower esophageal sphincter (LES)?
Onset of action takes longer than antacids, but has a longer duration of action
What are histamine 2 receptor antagonists?
Occurs after eating and lasts 20 minutes to an hour (typically in the chest, neck, jaw, or back)
What is pain?
Insertion of a plastic tube through the nose, past the throat, and down into the stomach
What is a nasogastric (NG) tube?
An incompetent LES, pyloric stenosis, hiatal hernia, excessive intra-abdominal or intragastric pressure, or motility problems
What are causes of GERD?
Antacid that may cause diarrhea or more frequent bowel movements due to it's laxative properties
What is magnesium hydroxide (milk of magnesia)?
Term for pain on swallowing
Excessive ingestion of foods that relax the LES such as fried foods, chocolate, caffeine, peppermint, and spicy foods
What is a contributing factor?
Leads to inflammation, breakdown, and long term complications such as Barrett's esophagus or adenocarcinoma of the esophagus
What is untreated GERD?
The class of drug for metoclopramide
What is prokinetic?