This may result in better diagnosis and treatment for individuals affected by both GERD and asthma. Further research is needed to elucidate the pathophysiologic mechanisms linking asthma and GERD ...

Swelling or tightness in your throat may be a symptom of asthma, but it could also be due to a co-occurring condition like GERD or vocal cord dysfunction. In some cases, it could signal a severe ...

clinicians must remember that these two common 'disorders' are inter-related and probably overlap but lack definitive proof of causality (as with GERD associated with cough, asthma, and laryngitis).

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Acid reflux occurs when acid flows up from the stomach into the esophagus (food tube) ...

The most common causes of chronic cough include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), asthma, and postnasal drip (also ...

As such, asthma is also associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). With GERD, your stomach acid travels back up to your esophagus, causing symptoms of acid reflux and heartburn.

GERD may also cause esophagus hypersensitivity to stomach acid, resulting in swallowing issues. Asthma and acid reflux may occur together, but the connection is unclear as to why. Acid reflux can ...

Unless you're a smoker, chronic cough has three major causes: postnasal drip, asthma (the most likely of lung diseases that can cause coughing) and gastroesophageal reflux disease, better known as ...

I was checked twice in the past 15 years for asthma, and I wasn’t diagnosed. However, I’ve not been diagnosed with any acid ...

Dr Stephen Sontag is Professor of Medicine at Loyola University School of Medicine and Staff Physician in Gastroenterology at the Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois.