Reflux (symptom description): Reflux is listed as a type of or related-symptom for symptom Heartburn.
Reflux (symptom description): For a medical symptom description of 'Reflux', the following symptom information may be relevant to the symptoms: Heartburn (type of symptom). However, note that other causes of the symptom 'Reflux' may be possible.
Research the causes of these symptoms that are more broader types of symptom than Reflux:
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Reflux (medical condition): For a medical symptom description of 'Reflux', the following disease information may be relevant to the symptoms: Reflux (disease information). However, numerous other possible causes of the symptom may be possible.
Reflux (medical condition): Rising stomach acid up the esophagus
Reflux (medical condition): Reflux refers to the stomach acid rising up the "wrong way" back up the esophagus and sometimes into the mouth. Pain from reflux is called heartburn. Chronic reflux that reoccurs or persists may be caused by GERD. See also heartburn and indigestion for similar complaints.
Reflux can lead to various complaints itself, such as metallic taste or acidic taste in the mouth, and actual damage to the esophagus (see esophagitis, reflux esophagisit, Barrett's esophagitis and other esophagus diseases).
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