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2. Esophagitis - Wikipedia

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   The esophagus is a muscular tube made of both voluntary and involuntary muscles. It is responsible for peristalsis of food. It is about 8 inches long and passes through the diaphragm before entering the stomach. The esophagus is made up of three layers: from the inside out, they are the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa.

3. Esophageal dysphagia - Wikipedia

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   Both of these features impair the ability of the esophagus to empty contents into the stomach. Patients usually complain of dysphagia to both solids and liquids. Dysphagia to liquids, in particular, is a characteristic of achalasia. Other symptoms of achalasia include regurgitation, night coughing, chest pain, weight loss, and heartburn.

4. Esophageal disease - Wikipedia

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   Some people also experience a sensation known as globus esophagus, where it feels as if a ball is lodged in the lower part of the esophagus. The following are additional diseases and conditions that affect the esophagus: Achalasia [1] Acute esophageal necrosis; Barrett's esophagus; Boerhaave syndrome; Caustic injury to the esophagus; Chagas disease

5. Gastroesophageal reflux disease - Wikipedia

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   [6] [7] [10] Symptoms include dental corrosion, dysphagia, heartburn, odynophagia, regurgitation, non-cardiac chest pain, extraesophageal symptoms such as chronic cough, hoarseness, reflux-induced laryngitis, or asthma. [10] In the long term, and when not treated, complications such as esophagitis, esophageal stricture, and Barrett's esophagus ...

6. Esophageal web - Wikipedia

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   Esophageal webs are associated with bullous diseases (such as epidermolysis bullosa, pemphigus, and bullous pemphigoid), with graft versus host disease involving the esophagus, and with celiac disease. [5] Esophageal webs are more common in white individuals and in women (with a ratio of 2:1).

7. 7 common stomach flu symptoms you need to know about - AOL

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   "Norovirus symptoms [primarily] include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramping, and sometimes fever, headache and body aches," Dr. Alhassani explains. "These symptoms are relatively ...

8. Gastrointestinal tract - Wikipedia

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   Signs and symptoms of infection are gastritis, burning abdominal pain, weight loss, loss of appetite, bloating, burping, nausea, bloody vomit, and black tarry stools. Infection can be detected in a number of ways: GI X-rays, endoscopy, blood tests for anti- Helicobacter antibodies, a stool test, and a urease breath test (which is a by-product ...

9. Indigestion - Wikipedia

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   Esophagitis is an inflammation of the esophagus, most commonly caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease . [6] It is defined by the sensation of "heartburn" or a burning sensation in the chest as a result of inappropriate relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter at the site where the esophagus connects to the stomach. It is often treated ...