“咳嗽表现在肺,病因可能在胃”,此话乍听起来似乎有些蹊跷。诚然,引起咳嗽最常见的病因为慢性支气管炎等呼吸系统疾病所致。但是,近些年来“胃食管反流病”引起的中老年人慢性咳嗽的现象已倍受医学界的关注。 研究表明,部分病人可由于食管下端括约肌的压力改变,引起胃内容物反流到食管下端导致食管尖及食道损伤,此病随着年龄增加而增多。平时患者多有反酸、烧 “Coughing is in the lungs and the cause may be on the stomach,” sounds strange at first glance. It is true that the most common cause of cough is caused by respiratory diseases such as chronic bronchitis. However, in recent years, the phenomenon of chronic cough caused by “gastroesophageal reflux disease” in middle-aged and elderly people has drawn much attention from the medical community. Studies have shown that some patients may be due to changes in the pressure of the lower esophageal sphincter causing reflux of stomach contents to the lower esophagus leading to esophageal and esophageal lesions that increase with age. Patients usually have acid reflux, burning