CARE OF MUD AND MASK TURTLES. Our Turtle & Tortoise Care Sheets are meant as a general guideline to caring for your Turtle/Tortoise. Every specific species requires it's own unique care - while many species are overlapping and can be kept with other species that have similar needs.
That means between 42 million and 64 million adults in the U.S. suffer from GERD. Many people use the terms acid reflux, heartburn and GERD interchangeably, which is why there can be some confusion when you ask how many people suffer from the condition. But regardless of what you call it, this is a problem that many, many people experience at some point during their lifetime.
Gastric and duodenal ulcers affect about 5 million Americans each year, and more than 40,000 people annually have ulcer-related surgery. Each year, approximately 15,000 people in the US die of ulcer-related complications, the worst of which are an internal bleeding and a phenomenon called perforation.