亚太地区胃食管反流病的特点

Characteristics of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Asian-Pacific Region

亚太地区胃食管反流病(GERD)的患病率呈升高态势。第六届上海国际胃肠病学会议上,来自亚洲、欧洲及澳洲的学者就亚太地区GERD的临床表现、流行病学和诊治现状进行了阐述,交流了中国大陆地区GERD的患病情况,如何处理GERD与幽门螺杆菌(H.pylori)感染、胃癌、消化性溃疡的共患病现象,以及在基于症状的GERD诊治中应当顾及到的问题等。

The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease （GERD） in Asian-Pacific region has been increasing in recent years. At the Sixth Shanghai International Conference of Gastroenterology, experts from Asia, Europe and Australia elucidated the characteristics in clinical manifestations, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of GERD in Asian-Pacific region. Experts exchanged their viewpoints of the status of the disease in China's Mainland, and ways to deal with the comorbidity of Helicobacter pylori （H. pylori） infection, gastric cancer and peptic ulcer during the process of diagnosis and treatment of GERD, and some of the problems encountered in symptom-based diagnosis and treatment of GERD.