Pancreatitis is excruciatingly painful, especially after eating. The pancreas is behind the lower part of the stomach, ...

Experiencing chest pain can be alarming. But what does it mean if you feel pain in your chest when you swallow? Several conditions can cause chest pain while swallowing. Other symptoms are often ...

Esophageal pain manifests as symptoms of heartburn and or chest pain. Esophageal pain is a type of visceral pain that is poorly localized owing to divergence of visceral afferents. The esophagus is ...

Pain in the chest when swallowing can be the result of consuming something too hot or too big. But it can also be a sign of an underlying condition, such as esophagitis, a hiatal hernia, or cancer. A ...

Esophagitis is inflammation of the esophagus, the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach, and can be caused by various factors including acid reflux, infections, and immune reactions.

This article was medically reviewed by Raj Dasgupta, M.D., an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and member of the Prevention Medical Review Board, on ...

Increased esophageal hypervigilance and anxiety were associated with worse post-treatment symptoms and poor quality of life ...

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Eating is something most of us take for granted. We do it three times a day – which adds up to more than a thousand meals a year, but what if you had trouble eating and ...

Heartburn, that almost quintessential American medical malady, now appears to be driving the nation’s fastest-increasing type of cancer. And the antacids used to ease the symptoms could, in some cases ...

There are a variety of treatments for esophageal cancer, a form of cancer that affects your esophagus, or food pipe (the organ that connects your stomach to your throat). If you’ve recently been ...