Respuesta al tratamiento en pacientes con enfermedad por reflujo Faringo-Laringeo. Puerto Padre, Cuba

Abstract

Five adult patients diagnosed reflux disease pharyngo-laryngeal treated at the Department of Otolaryngology, ”Guillermo Dominguez Lopez” Hospital of the city of Puerto Padre, Cuba longitudinal intervention study was performed in sixty between April two thousand eight February two thousand XI for evaluating the therapeutic clinical response to treatment thereof. Age, sex, toxic habits, personal medical history, reported symptoms, physical findings and endoscopic examination, and response to treatment to the three and six-month followup: the variables were analyzed. Reflux disease pharyngolaryngeal, was presented with the highest incidence in women and in people over thirty-eight, and was commonly found toxic habits coffee and smoking, and history of obesity and digestive ulcer disease. The most common symptom was pharyngeal foreign body sensation; and most were found signs of erythema and the posterior pharyngeal wall erythema and hyperemia of the posterior commissure. In more than half the cases I prevailed endoscopic stage. It demonstrated that treatment should be extended for six months or more to achieve regression of signs and symptoms in a signi?cant number of patients.