Gastro Oesophageal Reflux Disease Shadowing Anxiety Disorder Causing Prolonged Exposure to Proton Pump Inhibitor
- Author:
Nur Sharharni Mohd TAHIR
1
;
Rosnani ZAKARIA
;
Nani DRAMAN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Proton Pump Inhibitor; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Anxiety Disorder; Weight Loss
- MeSH: Adult; Anxiety Disorders; Anxiety; Comorbidity; Dyspepsia; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Humans; Proton Pumps; Protons; Shadowing (Histology); Weight Loss
- From:Korean Journal of Family Medicine 2019;40(5):348-350
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in the general population. The relationship between dyspepsia and particularly gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and psychiatric comorbidity such as anxiety is poorly defined. However, GERD was noted to be strongly associated and often coincident in onset with generalized anxiety disorder in the community. In this paper, we report the case of an adult man who presented with severe weight loss and underlying GERD, and was later found to have an anxiety disorder as the cause of both.
