CARD is a charity committed to educating the general public regarding the problems of Reflux disease.

Patients consider heartburn as part of normal life and suffer in silence, not realising that it can over a period of time lead to serious consequences. The charity wants to educate the general public and make them aware of this extremely common disease that effects about 20% of the UK’s adult population. This equates to 9.6 million people who suffer from heartburn. 5 new cases of GORD per 1000 population occurs each year which, in absolute terms, accounts for 240,000 new cases of reflux disease per year in the UK. Complications are oesophageal ulcers & narrowing, Barrett’s Oesophagus as well as Oesophageal adenocarcinoma which kills about 7000 patients per year in the UK and is the fastest rising cancer in the western world.

https://www.cardcharity.co.uk