Manifestações extraesofágicas da DRGE

A doenca do refluxo gastroesofagico e decorrente do fluxo retrogrado de secrecao cloridropeptica para o esofago e orgaos adjacentes, causando um espectro variavel de lesoes e sintomas. Sua incidencia vem aumentando nos ultimos anos e sua prevalencia estimada na populacao brasileira e de cerca de 12%. A DRGE tem como manifestacoes tipicas a pirose e a regurgitacao, podendo se apresentar com queixas extraesofagicas tais como asma, tosse cronica, dor toracica nao cardiaca e sintomas otorrinolaringologicos. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease is caused by the retrograde flow of gastric acid-peptic secretion into the esophagus and adjacent organs, causing a variable spectrum of lesions and symptoms. Its incidence has been increasing in recent years and its estimated prevalence in the Brazilian population is about 12%. Typical manifestations of GERD are heartburn and regurgitation, but the disease may present with extraesophageal complaints such as asthma, chronic cough, non-cardiac chest pain and ENT symptoms.