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- Esophageal Disorders: Types, Risks, Symptoms and Treatment
Esophageal Disorders Esophageal disorders affect your esophagus, the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach The most common type is GERD Disorders like GERD, achalasia and Barrett’s esophagus cause heartburn or swallowing problems and increase your risk for esophageal cancer
- Esophageal cancer - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Esophageal cancer — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, types, risks, treatment of cancer of the esophagus
- Esophagus Disorders - MedlinePlus
The esophagus is the muscular tube that carries food and liquids from your mouth to the stomach You may not be aware of your esophagus until you swallow something too large, too hot, or too cold You may also notice it when something is wrong You may feel pain or have trouble swallowing
- Esophageal disease - UpToDate
Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) Endoscopic interventions for nonmalignant esophageal strictures in adults Ingested foreign bodies and food impactions in adults Spontaneous esophageal rupture (Boerhaave syndrome)
- Overview of the Esophagus - Digestive Disorders - The Merck Manuals
Two of the most common symptoms of esophageal disorders are dysphagia (an awareness of swallowing difficulty) and chest or back pain Dysphagia and chest or back pain may occur in any esophageal disorder, the most serious of which is esophageal cancer
- Esophagus Disorders: Conditions Treatments - Scripps
After you chew and swallow food, it is carried to your stomach through a long, hollow tube called the esophagus While it’s easy to assume that food simply “falls” down this tube thanks to gravity, the esophagus is actually a complex organ that plays an important role in digestion
- Quick Facts:Esophagus - MSD Manual Consumer Version
It is the "food pipe" that connects your throat and your stomach Food and liquids don't just slide down your esophagus by gravity Your esophagus is lined with muscles that push food and liquids down Other muscles go around the upper and lower ends of your esophagus like rings
- Health Encyclopedia - University of Rochester Medical Center
When your mouth forces fluid or chewed food into your throat, your brain begins the process of swallowing You use your voluntary nervous system to start a swallow Your involuntary nervous system takes over your swallowing once the liquid or food enters the top of your esophagus
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