Since then this entity has been diagnosed more and more frequently by otolaryngologists, to the point that it is over-diagnosed. From 1990 to 2001in the United States, the number of visits to doctors, especially to otolaryngologists, for diseases related to gastroesophageal reflux increased 306%.
En los Estados Unidos, desde 1990 hasta el 2001, la cantidad de consultas por enfermedades relacionadas a reflujo gastroesofágico aumentó en un 306% especialmente entre otorrinolaringólogos y 14 veces más la prescripción de inhibidores de bomba de protones IBP 11.