Achalasia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
2024年7月19日 · Achalasia is a swallowing condition that affects the tube connecting the mouth and the stomach, called the esophagus. Damaged nerves make it hard for the muscles of the esophagus to squeeze food and liquid into the stomach.
Achalasia (Esophagus Disorder): Symptoms, Causes, Treatments
2021年4月6日 · Achalasia: A Disorder of the Esophagus. Achalasia is a rare disorder in which damaged nerves in your esophagus prevent it from working as it should. Muscles at the lower end of your esophagus fail to allow food to enter your stomach. Symptoms include trouble swallowing, heartburn and chest pain.
Achalasia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
2024年7月19日 · Achalasia treatment focuses on relaxing or stretching open the lower esophageal sphincter so that food and liquid can move more easily through the digestive tract. Specific treatment depends on your age, health condition and the severity of the achalasia.
Achalasia - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Achalasia, also known as esophageal achalasia or achalasia cardia, is a rare swallowing disorder affecting about eight to 12 people per 100,000. People with achalasia have trouble with the muscles in the esophagus, which do not work well to move swallowed food into the stomach.
Achalasia - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - National Center for ...
2023年7月31日 · Achalasia is an esophageal smooth muscle motility disorder that occurs due to a failure of relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. This condition causes a functional obstruction at the gastroesophageal junction.
Esophageal achalasia - Wikipedia
Esophageal achalasia, often referred to simply as achalasia, is a failure of smooth muscle fibers to relax, which can cause the lower esophageal sphincter to remain closed. Without a modifier, "achalasia" usually refers to achalasia of the esophagus.
Achalasia: Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis - Healthline
2021年11月19日 · Achalasia is a rare but serious condition that affects your esophagus, the tube that carries food from your throat to your stomach. With achalasia, your lower esophageal sphincter (LES) fails...
Achalasia - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment - NORD
2017年2月7日 · Achalasia is a rare disorder of the esophagus, the tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach. It is characterized by impaired ability to push food down toward the stomach (peristalsis), failure of the ring-shaped muscle at the bottom of the esophagus, the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), to relax.
Achalasia > Fact Sheets - Yale Medicine
If you are having a hard time swallowing food or beverages, one possible cause is a condition known as achalasia, a disorder of the esophagus, the muscular tube that transports food and liquid from the mouth to the stomach. In people with this condition, swallowing doesn’t fully empty the esophagus so food and liquids remain.
Achalasia - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
2023年7月11日 · Achalasia is an oesophageal motor disorder characterised by a loss of oesophageal peristalsis and failure of the lower oesophageal sphincter to relax in response to swallowing. The most common presenting symptoms are dysphagia to solids and liquids, regurgitation, and retrosternal pain.