Children with gastroesophageal reflux can cause respiratory symptoms. Children will also have gastroesophageal reflux, and even cause respiratory symptoms in severe cases. Parents should be careful. Gastroesophageal reflux is a common physiological phenomenon, which is usually harmless, but if reflux gastric acid causes symptoms such as esophagus, respiratory tract, oral cavity, nervous system or anemia, it is pathological. In adults, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) often brings pain and suffering to patients, while in children, many respiratory symptoms include asthma, chronic cough, pharyngolaryngitis, aspiration pneumonia and so on. It may be the clinical manifestation caused by GERD.

In March of this year, the British Journal of Children's Disease Archives (ARCH DISEASE CHILD2018; 103:292-296), Dr. Benedict of Salesi Children's Hospital, ancona, Italy (ancona, Italy) counted the papers published in previous English literature on respiratory symptoms related to gastroesophageal reflux disease in children.

He believes that many studies have found that gastroesophageal reflux will increase asthma attacks (3.2 times), lung howling (3.5 times) and cough at night (4.3 times). 19.6 ~ 80% of asthmatic children have gastroesophageal reflux. In children with chronic cough, 10% is related to gastroesophageal reflux, while gastric acid and food in the stomach flow back to the throat, which will cause local edema, thyroid cartilage's dysplasia and compression of subchondral stenosis.