To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: Re: MED: reflux & calculated risks
Date sent: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:56:24 -0500
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Dr. Messmer, thank you for alerting us to this fact (see below). It
explains why all of a sudden there are commercials on television to "see
your doctor" about this problem. Personally, I thought the ads were a ploy
by pharmaceutical companies trying to sell their product.

I had the upper GI scope done a year ago, along with stretching of the
esophagus, and fortunately they didn't "find" anything. I still have
difficult with swallowing, sometimes think I'm going to choke.

I also still get the reflux. I suppose I should mention this to my doctor.
W/regards to the cancer, other than reflux, what should we be watching for?

Nancy

Dr. Messmer wrote:
< determined, there is a major increase in the rate of esophageal cancer
associated with reflux in the last 20 years.

John

John Messmer, MD, Assistant Professor, Family & Community Medicine; Medical
Director, Penn State Geisinger Health Group, Palmyra, PA>>