Patients who have gastroesophageal reflux or functional heartburn and refractory esophageal pain should receive treatment for esophageal hypersensitivity, experts told attendees of the 2015 annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.
“Esophageal hypersensitivity plays a major role in the generation of symptoms in refractory patients with acidic or nonacidic reflux,” said Ronnie Fass, MD, professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and