Background/Aim: To determine the roles of gastroesophageal acid reflux (GER) and esophageal dysmotility on typical and atypical GERD symptoms. Methods: Two hundred thirty-six patients (159 females ...

There is no reliable treatment for ineffective esophageal motility (IEM), a disorder caused by failed smooth-muscle contraction that is common in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Risk factors for developing LPR include obesity, smoking cigarettes, and having primary esophageal dysmotility (which is when ...

These include achalasia, colonic dysmotility, dysphagia ... pelvic floor training and balloon dilation of esophageal strictures. The center also provides esophageal, antroduodenal, colonic, and ...

New research is exploring low-cost, non-invasive ways to diagnose Barrett's esophagus, a condition associated with deadly esophageal cancer, to find effective strategies to identify patients with this ...

The digestive system is the series of tubelike organs that convert our meals into body fuel. There are about 30 feet (9 meters) of these convoluted pipeworks, starting with the mouth and ending ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat representing Virginia’s most populous county in Congress, said ...

"And then I was in (the) hospital for six weeks because the grief had burned a hole in my esophagus, which made me vomit ...

visceral and emotional activity in the nervous system and can correct the ‘dysmotility’ of the gut in IBS. As I’ve got older, I’ve come to realise that yoga should be a prevention rather ...

The case stemmed from an esophageal surgery Eggleston, a teaching assistant, underwent in May 2016 to repair her Zenker's diverticulum. Otolaryngologist Saba Aftab, of Advocare LLC, performed the ...

In addition, esophageal dysmotility has been reported to be associated with bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine. [32] Thus, patients with esophageal dysmotility may also have airway ...