reflux
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But then my AFib kicked in and acid reflux kicked in and pneumonia kicked in.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Go to your doctor and explain your symptoms and don't be put off by acid reflux or anything like that.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Between 40 and 70 percent of patients on these drugs report gastrointestinal adverse effects, like acid reflux, chronic diarrhea, and/or constipation.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026
Vocal cord injuries are particularly common among older adults, especially those who experience acid reflux or smoke.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 2, 2026
Another:—How now, impatient one! couldn’t you have waited till your friend’s reflux was done with, instead of rolling yourself up with it in that unseemly manner?
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin
Food and acid from the stomach backs up, or refluxes, into the esophagus.
From US News ● Jun. 11, 2014
But speaking in less general language, it is to follow the fluxes and refluxes of the mind when agitated by the great and simple affections of our nature.
From Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 1 by William Wordsworth
The refluxes of the heart are as inevitable as those of the sea; the lights of the heart are as fixed as those of the night.
From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Victor Hugo
The incident throws light upon the "fluxes and refluxes of feeling" within him, and the effect upon him of a spirit with something of his own tenderness and humour.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover
They are with him in the play of feelings, with him in the fluxes and refluxes of his thought—learning his ways of mind without realizing it.
From The Jesus of History by T. R. Glover
