Beyond Thirst: Influence of Bicarbonate Mineral Water on Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Gastrointestinal Function, and Liver Health. [PDF]
Bicarbonate‐rich mineral water may help counteract diet‐induced acid load, with potential benefits for metabolic, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal health. It has been associated with improved insulin sensitivity, reduced cholesterol levels, and relief of dyspeptic symptoms, while its high sodium content appears to have a neutral effect on blood ...
Mansouri K, Storz MA, Hanh T, Hahn A.
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Histomorphological differentiation of non-erosive reflux disease and functional heartburn in patients with PPI-refractory heartburn [PDF]
Proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-refractory heartburn may be due to persistent gastro-oesophageal reflux, oesophageal hypersensitivity or functional heartburn (FH). The differentiation between non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) and FH may be very difficult. However, this differentiation is important for appropriate therapeutic management.
Arne Kandulski +6 more
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Feasibility, and barriers to use escitalopram in functional gastrointestinal disorders
Background and study aims: The feasibility and barriars of escitalopram use in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are still debated.
Saad S. Alkhowaiter +5 more
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common causes of health care seeking at the primary care level in many countries. At an epidemiological level, GERD has been shown to be associated with a number of risk factors: obesity, tobacco ...
I. V. Maev +3 more
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The literature review focuses on the current understanding of visceral hypersensitivity mechanisms in the esophagus. Mechanisms of peripheral and central sensitization and their relation to heartburn symptoms are covered in detail.
Igor V. Maev +3 more
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Psychosomatic patients at a gastroenterologist appointment
Digestive diseases are closely associated with mood disorders such as anxiety and depression, studies have shown that symptoms of mood disorders in most patients with digestive tract diseases often cannot be recognized by doctors by gastroenterologists ...
Ekaterina Yu. Plotnikova
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Review of: "Oscillating Esophageal Acid Sensitivity in Symptomatic Reflux Hypersensitivity and Functional Heartburn" [PDF]
Jianyuan Chai
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders in the world. Two parameters, mean nocturnal baseline impedance (MNBI) and post-reflux swallow-induced peristaltic wave index (PSPW), have been recently proposed ...
Elena Roxana Sararu +2 more
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Efficacy of rikkunshito in patients with functional heartburn: a prospective pilot study.
BACKGROUND Although the efficacy of rikkunshito in patients with treatment-resistant non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (NERD) has been reported, it is unclear for which subgroups of NERD patients (per the Rome IV criteria) rikkunshito is ...
Noriyuki Kawami +9 more
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Problems of nociception in gastroesophageal reflux disease: diagnostics and treatment of irritated oesophagus [PDF]
The following factors of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) pathogenesis are addressed in the abstract: activation of nociceptors, hyperexpression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and increase of functional activity of immune competent cells.
O A Sablin, T A Ilchishina
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