Old reflux esophagitis and endoscopic analysis.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Old reflux esophagitis and endoscopic analysis Of: Lihong Ping Mu Haijun Zhou Yuankun Dengshi Li Yun Huang [Keywords:] reflux esophagitis; Endoscopy Reflux esophagitis (reflux esophagitis, RE) is a common disease of Gastroenterology, the stomach contents into the esophagus or duodenal juice against, leading to esophageal mucosal damage caused by chronic inflammation, can cause esophageal ulcers, strictures and cancer, clinical on anti-acid, heartburn, chest pain as the main feature. RE more common in Western countries, our people’s living standards with the improvement of diet change, increase in fatty foods, RE gradual increase in the incidence, Zhao-Shen Li etc. (1) survey, from 1990 to 1999 the total number of RE accounted for 2.02% of endoscopy, and from 2000 to 2004 rose to 5.11%, especially in elderly patients, its incidence is even higher. To learn more about RE in elderly people the incidence of characteristics, the paper will nearly 7 years in our hospital diagnosed by endoscopy example and same old RE 90 RE 165 detected in middle-aged patients were analyzed to explore the old RE’s clinical, endoscopic and H. Pylori ( HP) infection and so on. 1 Subjects and methods 1.1 Clinical data from January 2002 to January 2009 my mirror center hospital 304 cases of 28 patients with gastrointestinal symptoms, endoscopy, gastrointestinal obstruction was removed, drug treatment and review of cases after treatment, were found to RE patients out of 255 cases, 177 cases were male, female 78 cases, aged 41 to 84 years (mean 56.6 + -14.9 years), male to female ratio was 2.27:1. into old age group (gt; = 60 years) and middle-aged group (40 to 59 years), older group of 59 cases of male and female 31 cases, aged 60 to 84 years (mean 69.2 + -8.9 years); middle-aged group of men, 118 cases, 47 cases of women aged 40 to 59 Years, mean (49.8 + -8.2 years). Clinical symptoms are heartburn, acid reflux, chest pain, dysphagia, belching, vom