Generally speaking, reflux esophagitis is difficult to be completely cured clinically. Reflux esophagitis is a gastrointestinal motility disease, so the treatment of reflux esophagitis is mainly to improve symptoms and quality of life.
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For mild reflux esophagitis, oral medication can generally be used, and gastrointestinal motility drugs such as motilium and domperidone in the upper digestive tract are used, and the proton pump inhibitor PPI is combined to inhibit gastric acid secretion to alleviate the symptoms of reflux.
However, after treatment to a certain extent, patients will have symptoms relieved and then stop taking drugs. At this time, patients are advised to take drugs intermittently. For severe reflux esophagitis, it can also be treated by endoscope. For example, patients with esophageal hiatal hernia can undergo endoscopic surgery to alleviate reflux symptoms, but it is difficult to achieve no reflux at all, so it is difficult to completely cure this kind of disease.
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If the diagnosis is clear that it is a simple reflux esophagitis, it can be cured if the cause is removed; However, reflux esophagitis is easy to recur, and we need to develop good living and eating habits, not just relying on drug control;
Patients with reflux esophagitis have the typical symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux, but they may not have any reflux symptoms, but only have indigestion such as upper abdominal pain and discomfort.
Typical symptoms are burning sensation behind the sternum (heartburn), reflux and chest pain; Heartburn refers to the burning sensation radiated from the back of the sternum to the neck, and reflux refers to the reflux of stomach contents to the pharynx or mouth.
Reflux esophagitis is completely curable. The treatment of reflux esophagitis is divided into two aspects, on the one hand, lifestyle changes, on the other hand, drug treatment. Lifestyle changes, to quit smoking, diet do not eat food that is easy to cause reflux, such as coffee, chocolate, wine, mint, etc., to avoid falling asleep immediately after eating;
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In addition, you can lose weight, avoid wearing tights, and eat in small quantities. These are all lifestyle changes. In addition, some medication should be given. If medication is used, we must insist on the treatment, standardize the treatment, follow the doctor's advice, don't stop taking drugs on our own, insist on long-term treatment, and let the doctor decide whether to adjust the dosage next. If it is easy to repeat after stopping taking drugs, we can add traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. The effect is very good and can be completely cured.