[The connection between gastroesophageal reflux and airways inflammatory diseases].

It is increasingly suggested a connection between gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and bronchial asthma (BA). Coexistence of both these diseases is suggested by presence of asthmatics symptoms in non-atopic patients, difficult control and resistance of the specific treatment for asthma disease in some patients, worsening of respiratory symptoms in circumstances which favored GER. The purpose of the paper was presentation of the potential pathogenetic relationships between asthma and GER, their clinical manifestations and epidemiology in different age groups, and finally confirmation of the effectiveness of treatments for gastroesophageal reflux (especially using protonic pumps inhibitors) in terms of their benefit on asthma course, both in children as in adults.