How common is it to be diagnosed with Acid Reflux (GERD) when one was diagnosed with a sliding hiatus hernia? I was diagnosed with the hiatus hernia yesterday when I had an upper endoscopy and my GI doctor took biopsies to check for GERD, celiac disease and some other things. I was just wondering how common it is to have a hiatus hernia and also GERD or to have GERD and also a hiatus hernia.
For the past few months before my endoscopy I have been taking PPI's (Somac) prescribed by my regular doctor for heartburn and nausea symptoms, which he believed was from acid reflux, but guess we have to wait until I get my biopsy results back next week.