Tribunnews.com Reporter Aisyah Nursyamsi
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – The spike in cases Covid-19 due to variance Omicron causes anxiety for many people.
On the other hand, a lot of information is scattered on social media.
Sometimes, the information presented is not necessarily the truth. This causes a lot of misunderstandings.
On the other hand, Covid-19 quite risky if infected in susceptible groups.
These include the elderly, children who have not been given immunity and those who have comorbid.
Then a question arises whether gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a comorbid?
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Gastroentology Specialist, Prof. Dr. dr. Ari Fahrial Syam, SpPD-KGEH, MMB, FINASIM also gave their comments regarding this matter.
“First Gerd is not comorbid. That patients with Gerd are not at risk when exposed Omicron. Obviously there are obesity, hypertension, diabetes, or people with autoimmune treatment, but if people GERD not be at risk of exposure Omicron,” said Dr. Ari at a virtual event, Friday (11/2/2022).
It’s just, Gerd appears when the patient Covid-19 taking various drugs.
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