Understanding GERD Symptoms: Mild, Moderate & Severe

What are the levels of GERD symptoms?

What are the levels of GERD symptoms?

Doctors classify GERD symptoms as mild, moderate, or severe.

Symptoms are considered mild when they:

• are fairly easy to tolerate
• do not interfere with normal, daily activities
• don't change much in severity
• last for only a limited time during each episode
• are infrequent

Symptoms are considered moderate when they:

• are frequent
• begin to interfere with, but don't prevent, normal daily activities such as eating and sleeping

Symptoms are considered severe when they:

• are so disabling, disturbing, and frequent that they prevent you from participating in many daily activities or make participation extremely difficult

Severe symptoms are often a sign that additional problems have occurred, such as damage to the esophagus.