Eight years ago, Ms. He often felt distension, acid reflux and heartburn in her chest, back and upper abdomen, and originally thought it was just a common stomach ailment that would pass with a little tolerance. Now the pain has worsened, and she has become depressed during the day and has trouble sleeping and eating at night. The diagnosis of GERD was confirmed at the Third Military Medical University Daping Hospital. According to Associate Professor Zhou Jinghai of the Department of Thoracic Surgery, this is a very confusing disease, similar to coronary heart disease, rhinitis, asthma, common gastric disease and other diseases, and if GERD is diagnosed, then there is hope that these diseases can be cured. There is a “valve” between the esophagus and the stomach that will be closed tightly. Recently, in the outpatient room of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the Third Military Medical University Daping Hospital, Associate Professor Zhou Jinghai saw a sad-looking Ms. He come in. “Doctor, what exactly do I have?” Ms. He asked nervously with a pale face, for 8 years, as the pain intensified, moved around a number of large hospitals, went through the gastroenterology, hepatobiliary, cardiology, Chinese medicine and many other departments could not find the root of their disease. ”After examination, we clearly diagnosed you with gastroesophageal reflux disease, which is the result of relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter.” Associate Professor Zhou Jinghai explained, food from the mouth through the esophagus into the stomach, and then to the intestine, but the esophagus and stomach connection there is a “valve” called the lower esophageal sphincter. Under normal circumstances, when food passes through the esophagus, this door is closed tightly, if not, the stomach contents will easily reflux into the esophagus, which will stimulate the esophagus, and then, like Ms. He, symptoms such as chest and abdominal distension, acid reflux and heartburn will appear. After determining Ms. He’s condition, Associate Professor Zhou Jinghai performed “laparoscopic + gastroscopic fundoplication”, and soon Ms. He recovered her health. There are more than 70 misdiagnosed disease names, and the incidence of GERD is high in Chongqing. “Gastroesophageal reflux disease may also be misdiagnosed as other diseases, such as reflux to the esophagus to produce chest pain mistaken for coronary heart disease, and then up the reflux to the throat, mistaken for chronic pharyngitis, reflux to the nasal cavity, oral cavity, mistaken for rhinitis, otitis media, reflux into the trachea and lungs, manifested as asthma, cough, etc., because the disease involves many organs, symptoms, misdiagnosed The disease can be misdiagnosed with more than 70 kinds of diseases.” Associate Professor Zhou Jinghai reminded that if a patient suffers from the above diseases and the long-term treatment is delayed without significant effect, he can consider the esophageal function test to clarify whether he has GERD, which is not a terminal disease, but can be cancerous if the reflux is prolonged or delayed. Most patients can relieve GERD symptoms with medication, but they need to take medication for life. For patients who do not want to take medication for life or whose medication is not effective, they can choose surgery like Ms. He. In recent years, the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Daping Hospital has paid great attention to the high incidence of the disease and the danger it poses to quality of life and life health, and has developed a systematic diagnosis and treatment plan. ”This is still a high incidence chronic disease, triggered by many factors of GERD, the prevalence in China is about 10%, the incidence should be relatively higher in Chongqing people, mainly related to our eating habits and lifestyle.” Associate Professor Zhou Jinghai told reporters that Chongqing people’s favorite spicy hot pot is oily and irritating, and the nightlife of beer and late-night snacks are also harmful to health. Therefore, the daily diet needs to pay attention to less smoking and alcohol, less fatty meat and other oily high-fat food, avoid overeating, should not eat 2 hours before bedtime, obese people need to lose weight, etc. have a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on GERD.