Variety of symptoms reported by patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Haruhiko Nagami Yoshinori Kushiyama Erina Kakuta Hirofumi Fujishiro Kenji Furuta Yoshinori Komazawa Tomoyuki Hashimoto Kenji Tsubouchi
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Background The characteristics of symptoms reported by patients with various organic and functional upper gastroduodenal diseases have not been fully studied. Methods We used a questionnaire-based survey to investigate abdominal symptoms of patients with reflux esophagitis, nonerosive reflux disease (NERD), peptic ulcers, and functional dyspepsia (FD). Seven hundred thirty-seven patients with those conditions responded to a questionnaire asking about the possible presence of nine kinds of upper abdominal symptoms. Results The mean number of symptoms reported was 3.2 ± 1.7, and patients with organic diseases tended to have a larger number. Approximately 60% of patients with NERD complained of heartburn and 30% of at least one dyspeptic symptom; more than 50% of patients with FD noted dyspeptic symptoms and 20% complained of reflux symptoms. We found a large overlap in the abdominal symptoms of NERD and FD patients, including the most troublesome symptoms. Conclusion In summary, our questionnaire-based study showed that symptom-based classification of NERD and FD is not easy because of symptom overlap. Possible overlap of NERD and FD should always be considered
Esophagus (2011) 8:39–43 DOI 10.1007/s10388-011-0256-x Received: 31 August 2010 / Accepted: 8 December 2010 / Published online: 9 February 2011
