One can even trigger a digestive disease which makes it hard to swallow. It's known as EOE - Eosinophilic Esophagitis. For more than 30 years, Mimi Martinez has put her heart and soul into ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic esophageal inflammatory disease of undetermined pathophysiology that results in dense mucosal eosinophilia and esophageal dysfunction. In childhood ...

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux occurs mainly during the daytime in patients with Los Angeles grade A esophagitis, but predominantly during the night in patients with grade C and D esophagitis.

An esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus, which can lead to swallowing difficulties. Healthcare providers diagnose it in about 10 percent of people with gastroesophageal reflux ...

The swallowing reflex, which is mediated by the swallowing center in the medulla (the lower part of the brain stem), causes the food to be further pushed back into the pharynx and the esophagus (food ...

Correspondence to Dr Ikuo Hirano, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 North Saint Clair, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; i ...