Reflux is a chronic condition in which stomach contents rise up into the esophagus, leading to symptoms or complications. Symptoms include the taste of acid in the back of the mouth, heartburn, bad breath, chest pain, belching, breathing problems and tooth wear. Complications include esophagitis, esophageal stricture and Barrett's esophagus.


Risk factors include obesity, pregnancy, smoking, hiatal hernia and taking certain medications. Medications that can cause or worsen the disease include benzodiazepines, calcium antagonists, tricyclic antidepressants, NSAIDs and certain asthma medications. Acid reflux is due to poor closure of the lower esophageal sphincter, located at the junction between the stomach and esophagus. Diagnosis in those who do not improve with simpler measures may include gastroscopy, upper GI series, esophageal pH monitoring or esophageal manometry.


Treatment BeterKlinic

BeterKliniek is the clinic for Integrative Medicine that bridges regular and non-regular medicine.

An van Veen (physician) and Michael van Gils (therapist) look for the cause of a condition or disease. That is where the treatment starts otherwise, as people often say, it is 'carrying water to the sea'. We call this cause medicine. Sometimes it is also desirable to treat the symptoms (at the same time). We call this symptom medicine.

Chronic disorders often have their cause in epi- genetics. You can schedule a free informative telephone consultation (phone number 040-7117337 until 1 p.m.) at BeterKliniek to discuss your symptoms so that we can provide you with further advice.