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During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the symptom: Regurgitation. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not be performed depending on the suspected condition) Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an accurate diagnosis.
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Why: to determine if acute or chronic.
Why: e.g. acid regurgitation describes the intermittent, sudden and spontaneous appearance of bitter tasting fluid in the mouth; food regurgitation refers to emitting already swallowed food or drink after eating. Note regurgitation is different to vomiting where the food is digested.
Why: e.g. big meals, assumption of horizontal posture, belching, bending over.
Why: would suggest gastro-esophageal reflux.
Why: may suggest gastro-esophageal reflux.
Why: suggests gastro-esophageal reflux.
Why: e.g. gastro-esophageal reflux may be associated with scleroderma, pregnancy or obesity.
Why: e.g. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (2-4 times the risk of gastric ulcers), anticholinergics, aspirin, calcium channel blockers, corticosteroids, digitalis, lipid lowering medications, narcotics, slow release potassium supplements, theophylline, tricyclic antidepressants and tetracycline - may all cause gastro-esophageal reflux.
Why: Cigarette smoking is an important cause of reducing the pressure of the lower esophageal pressure and thus increasing the risk of gastro-esophageal reflux. Cigarette smoking also increases the risk of esophageal cancer.
Why: Alcohol is an important cause of reducing the pressure of the lower esophageal pressure and thus increasing the risk of gastro-esophageal reflux. Alcohol also increases the risk of esophageal cancer.
Why: typically heartburn is a burning discomfort behind the sternum (breastbone) that radiates to the throat, associated with acid reflux, aggravated by heavy meals, swallowing hot and cold fluids, stooping, lying flat and lifting and straining, more likely to occur at rest than with exertion. Heartburn associated with regurgitation may be due to gastro-esophageal reflux, reflux oesophagitis, hiatus hernia, peptic ulcer and scleroderma.
Why: may suggest gastro-esophageal reflux, hiatus hernia or peptic ulcer.
Why: may suggest various complications of acid regurgitation. Some people complain of waking up episodically with the sensation of choking such that they will cough vigorously, but rarely produce any sputum, get out of bed and go to an open window to catch their breath. Other people may just describe a chronic dry cough without sudden exacerbations. Asthma may sometimes be precipitated by gastro-esophageal reflux.
Why: e.g. acid regurgitation may result in irritation of the larynx and cause hoarseness of the voice. Usually the acid regurgitation occurs at night, so hoarseness is most evident in the morning, and gradually settles as the day passes.
Why: may be due to acid regurgitation at night.
Why: consider achalasia, scleroderma or diffuse esophageal spasm.
Why: suggests esophageal cancer until proven otherwise.
Why: very often associated with advanced esophageal cancer, esophageal stricture or advanced achalasia. Should always be investigated.
Why: may suggest scleroderma.
Why: e.g. heartburn, aggravated by bending, stooping or lying down, relieved by antacids. May have pain with drinking hot liquids or alcohol. Regurgitation of food and acid into the mouth may occur, particularly when the person is bending or lying flat. May be associated with pregnancy, obesity, cigarette smoking, scleroderma, eating chocolate or fat, drinking coffee or alcohol.
Why: e.g. progressive difficulty with swallowing; initially there is difficulty with swallowing solids, but eventually difficulty with swallowing liquids also occurs. Pain occurs if food gets stuck due to narrowing of the esophageal lumen. Weight loss occurs due to difficulty with swallowing and also due to reduced appetite.
Why: e.g. intermittent difficulty with swallowing both solids and liquids; regurgitation of food into mouth from the esophagus may occur, particularly at night; occasionally food may get stuck; drinking large quantities of fluids help force the food through if food gets stuck; severe pain behind the breastbone due to dysfunctional contraction of the esophagus; weight loss may occur but is usually not marked.
Why: e.g. difficulty with swallowing, undigested food is regurgitated into the mouth, especially when the person is lying down. The person may have to manually massage the neck after eating to empty the sac. The person may also experience swelling of the neck, gurgling noises after eating, bad breath and a sour metallic taste in the mouth.
Why: e.g. difficulty with swallowing, heartburn, hand swelling and/or thickening and tightening of the skin of the fingers, Raynaud's phenomenon.
The following list of conditions have 'Regurgitation' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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