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.
They found that the number of people reporting symptoms of acid reflux at least once a week ballooned from 31 percent at the study's beginning to 40 percent by the end, an increase of 30 percent. Responders reporting severe acid reflux rose by 24 percent, from 5 percent in 1995 to nearly 7 percent in 2009. Women seemed to be more affected by the disease than men, and acid reflux became more common in people of both sexes as they crept toward middle age.