Heartburn, acid reflux is its typical signal, standardized treatment is the key It is more than 10 pm, Miss Tang, a white-collar worker, is still working overtime. Long-term work pressure makes her feel anxious, and day after day of overtime work, so that a normal diet becomes a delusion. Over time, Miss Tang often feel nausea, acid reflux, heartburn, and sometimes a little longer on the phone will appear shortness of breath, coughing and even dizziness, tinnitus and other symptoms. At first, Miss Tang thought she was gastritis, went to the drugstore to buy some stomach medicine to eat, but after taking not only did not improve, but the symptoms are getting worse, had to go to the hospital for examination, and finally was diagnosed with GERD. GERD favors white-collar Gastroesophageal reflux disease in the West is a common disease, the incidence in China is also increasing, and increasingly young, white-collar workers like Miss Tang is a high incidence of people. High-pressure work leads to emotional depression and irregular diet causes abnormal secretion of gastric acid, which are the two major causes of GERD in white-collar workers. Many patients do not understand the dangers of the disease, like Miss Tang, a discomfort to buy their own stomach medicine to eat, the result is likely to aggravate the disease. If left untreated for a long time, it may also develop into esophageal stricture and even induce esophageal adenocarcinoma. Don’t confuse with chronic gastritis Among the GERD patients contacted in the clinic, most of them initially thought they had chronic gastritis, taking two random gastric pills to top it off, until finally frequent attacks were too uncomfortable to go to the hospital. It is the lack of basic understanding of this disease that delays the best time for treatment for many patients. “GERD is extremely easy to confuse with chronic gastritis. Because some GERD patients do not have obvious signs of inflammation in their esophagus, when it is combined with chronic gastritis, it is highly likely to be mistaken for simple chronic gastritis.” If you have been diagnosed with chronic gastritis, along with symptoms of heartburn and acid reflux, you must be alert to GERD. Treatment: Correct bad habits If you have had heartburn or acid reflux symptoms twice or more in the last week, it is likely that you have GERD and should seek medical attention as soon as possible, and only with standardized treatment can you recover as soon as possible. In addition, it is necessary to correct bad habits, such as avoiding eating too much, eating high-fat food, avoiding eating 3 hours before bedtime, quitting smoking and drinking, reducing the consumption of foods that may lower the pressure of the lower esophageal sphincter (such as chocolate, spicy food, mint, onion, coffee, citrus juice and carbonated drinks), elevating the head of the bed when sleeping, avoiding putting the belt too tightly, and controlling the weight of obese patients.