Surgery is a trauma, and the body responds as such -- with major blood loss and swelling, and all manner of nerve and pain signals that can stick around sometimes for months. Those are but a few ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Acid reflux occurs when acid flows up from the stomach into the esophagus (food tube) ...

who was eager to avoid surgery. "But I did it, and am glad I did." Health.com: Feel better, naturally Pose for a picture. Another technological development can make a heartburn diagnosis easier to ...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic, often progressive disease caused by a weak lower esophageal ... while some stay one night in the hospital. Once you are awake after surgery, you ...

Doctors usually reserve surgery for large hernias causing problems or smaller hernias causing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that isn’t responding to conservative options. Let’s take a ...

GERD is short for gastroesophageal reflux disease ... This test is very important in those patients who are being evaluated for surgery. Over-the-counter antacids such as TUMS may be used on an as ...

Methods: In a prospective, before-and-after interventional trial, we assessed the effects of antireflux surgery in eight patients whose chronic coughs were due to GERD resistant to intensive ...