International experts are urging health professionals to be more aggressive in their investigation and treatment of patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms (GORS) with research revealing rising rates of the condition.
A Norwegian study published in the British Medical Journal: Gut, in 29, 610 people who reported the degree of GORS during the previous 12 months, showed rates had increased significantly between 1995 and 1997 and again 2006 to 2009.
The percentage of people experiencing GORS at least once a week had increased by 47 per cent from 11.6 per cent to 17.1 per cent over the study period.
The authors attributed the rise to increasing rates of obesity, adding that high BMI was an established risk factor for GORS.
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