Alarm symptoms of Reflux disease (GORD)
- New onset indigestion in a patient over 60 years
- Poor appetite
- Unexplained weight loss
- Food sticking in chest
- Painful swallowing
- Vomiting
Other worrisome features
Evidence of:
Upper gut bleeding
Iron deficiency anaemia
Upper gut cancer in first degree relative
Any of the above features should be taken extremely seriously & the doctor (GP) consulted urgently.