Understanding the Difference Between Ulcers and GERD: Symptoms and Treatment Explained by Expert Dr. Sally A Nasution

Understanding the Difference Between Ulcers and GERD: Symptoms and Treatment Explained by Expert Dr. Sally A Nasution

Jakarta – Ulcers and GERD are digestive disorders that many people often complain about. However, some people may not understand the difference between these two diseases. Both stomach ulcers and acid reflux or gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) have similar symptoms, making it difficult to differentiate them. Most people with stomach ulcers and GERD both complain of … Read more

Rising Norovirus Cases in the US: CDC Reports Over 12% Positive Tests in Recent Data

Rising Norovirus Cases in the US: CDC Reports Over 12% Positive Tests in Recent Data

Norovirus Cases Rise Across Northeast, CDC Reports Norovirus Cases Rise Across Northeast, CDC Reports Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that in the week of February 17, over 12% of norovirus tests were positive. Norovirus cases on the rise in the US, especially in the Northeast Norovirus cases are on … Read more

Understanding Heart Attack Symptoms and Signs: Expert Explanation and Myths

Understanding Heart Attack Symptoms and Signs: Expert Explanation and Myths

Jakarta – Heart attacks are often seen as a terrible scourge because they come suddenly without any ‘sign’ of certain symptoms first. What’s more, this disease actually not only attacks elderly people, but can also attack young people. Chair of the Indonesian Association of Internal Medicine Specialists (PAPDI) Dr Dr Sally Aman Nasution, SpPD-KKV, FINASIM, … Read more

Recognizing Signs of a Heart Attack: Expert Advice and Myths Uncovered

Recognizing Signs of a Heart Attack: Expert Advice and Myths Uncovered

Jakarta – Heart attacks are often seen as a terrible scourge. Because in many cases, this attack comes suddenly so that the patient does not have time to receive early treatment. But actually, according to doctors, there are signs of a heart attack that can be recognized. These include chest pain that spreads to the … Read more

Causes of Left Chest Pain: Heart Attack, Coronary Heart Disease, Pericarditis, and More

Causes of Left Chest Pain: Heart Attack, Coronary Heart Disease, Pericarditis, and More

Jakarta – Left chest pain can be a symptom of a serious health problem. Starting from indicating problems with the heart, lungs, and digestive system. Reported by the Cleveland Clinic website, chest pain on the left side has many causes and is not just a heart attack. It can also be caused by problems with … Read more

Vomiting Blood: Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Treatment Methods

Vomiting Blood: Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Treatment Methods

Jakarta – Vomiting blood or hematemesis is a condition when there is blood in the vomit. This condition indicates bleeding somewhere in the digestive tract, including the esophagus, stomach and the first part of the small intestine, called the duodenum. Quoted from the book First Aid by dr. Kartono Mohamad, the blood that comes out … Read more

Recognizing the Differences Between GERD and Heart Failure: A Cardiologist’s Warning

Recognizing the Differences Between GERD and Heart Failure: A Cardiologist’s Warning

Doctor Siti Elkana Nauli Chair of the Heart Failure Working Group of the Indonesian Association of Cardiovascular Specialists (PERKI), reminds the public to be aware of differences gerd and heart failure. Because both have similar symptoms. The cardiologist who is familiarly called dr. Nauli said, often patients who have symptoms such as shortness of breath, … Read more

How to Manage Stomach Acid and GERD Symptoms

How to Manage Stomach Acid and GERD Symptoms

Jakarta – Question: I suffer from stomach acid / GERD which is quite severe. Every time I do physical activity, my chest feels tight, there is a little pain in the pit of the stomach. Have to rest or be quiet for a while, then normal again. Even though my GERD pain is not recurring. … Read more

7 Diseases Prone to Occur at the Age of 20 – Important Information for Millennials

Diseases that are prone to occur at the age of 20 are very important to know, especially for millennials. Photo/Illustration/dragana991 JAKARTA – Illness It is very important to know what is prone to occur at the age of 20, especially for millennials. Is known, 20 years old, a person is in a young and energetic … Read more