Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, happens when acid from your stomach backs up into your esophagus, the tube connecting your stomach to your mouth. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), ...

Acid reflux is when acid from inside your stomach flows up into your esophagus and throat. At the entrance to your stomach is a valve, a ring of muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES).

Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) happens when stomach contents come back up into the esophagus. Stomach acid that touches the lining of the esophagus can cause heartburn, also called acid indigestion.

Because tens of millions of people are used to experiencing acid reflux or heartburn regularly, many don't realize when it becomes a more serious medical condition. Heartburn is the burning sensation ...

Most people have experienced heartburn at one time or another, often after a heavy meal. But for some people, that burning pain in the chest can be a frequent occurrence. Gastroesophageal reflux ...

Although gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a disorder of esophageal motility, the therapy of reflux disease is aimed at reducing gastric acidity in order to decrease the injurious effect of ...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is when your stomach acid comes back into your esophagus. Your esophagus is the passageway connecting your stomach and throat. GERD also goes by other names: ...

Gastroesophageal reflux is associated with esophagitis caused by erosions of the distal esophageal mucosa (Panel A, arrows), distal esophageal stricture as a consequence of chronic erosive esophagitis ...