E -epidemic of obesity may be the cause of a sharp surge in the number of people complaining of heartburn, scientists believe. This disorder, in turn, is fraught with problems with cancer.
In the past 10 years the number of complaints heartburn It increased by 50%. This disorder is not a frivolous as it may seem to many. Scientists have long known that heartburn can become a trigger for esophageal cancer - One of the most deadly types of cancer. The number of cases it is also growing rapidly.
Reflux - reverse current contents of hollow organs compared with the normal movement of it - is associated with obesity, saturated fatty foods diet, alcohol abuse and smoking. If in 1995-97 from Heartburn It affects about 11, 6% of all people, in 2006-09, the number rose to 17, 1%, as it turned out during the study.
At the same time women are at risk more than men. The fair sex more often become victims of disorders, which in medicine is called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In middle age group of GERD symptoms manifest themselves most severely, as established Norwegian researchers during observations of more than 30 thousand people. These studies are published in the journal Gut.
Scientists believe that the increase in the number of cases of heartburn must alert the public, as it was this disorder is the most likely cause of the increase in incidence esophageal cancer a. Currently he suffers from heartburn almost every fifth person. However, do not write to GERD body's response to any spicy dish with a curry sauce. About half of the victims of heartburn there is no real cause for concern.
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