What are the symptoms of reflux esophagitis?

Generally, patients with reflux esophagitis will have stronger sensations, such as upper abdominal pain, indigestion, and some patients will also experience chest pain and heartburn. For such uncomfortable situations, everyone must check in time to find out the cause.

1. There is no correlation between the severity of esophagitis and reflux symptoms. Patients with reflux esophagitis show typical symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux, but may also have no reflux symptoms and only show symptoms of indigestion such as upper abdominal pain and discomfort. The clinical manifestations of patients with severe esophagitis are not necessarily serious.

2. Typical symptoms include a burning sensation behind the sternum (heartburn), regurgitation and chest pain. Heartburn refers to a burning sensation behind the sternum radiating to the neck, and regurgitation refers to the reflux of gastric contents into the pharynx or mouth. Reflux symptoms often occur after a full meal, and severe reflux at night affects the patient's sleep.

3. In the later stages of the disease, the esophagus becomes narrow due to scarring, and the burning sensation and burning pain gradually subside, but permanent difficulty in swallowing occurs, which may cause a feeling of blockage or pain when eating solid food.

4. Severe esophagitis may cause erosion of the esophageal mucosa and bleeding, which is mostly chronic and small-scale bleeding. Prolonged or heavy bleeding can lead to iron deficiency anemia.