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  2. Aerophagia - Wikipedia

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    Aerophagia (or aerophagy) is a condition of excessive air swallowing, which goes to the stomach instead of the lungs.Aerophagia may also refer to an unusual condition where the primary symptom is excessive flatus (farting), belching (burping) is not present, and the actual mechanism by which air enters the gut is obscure or unknown. [1]

  3. What Chest Pain on Your Left Side Could Mean - AOL

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    So when chest pain from stomach acid moves up into the tube that connects the throat to the stomach, it causes a burning sensation, pressure, and tightness in the chest near the heart. GERD can ...

  4. Cricopharyngeal spasm - Wikipedia

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    Saliva is difficult to swallow, yet food is easy to swallow - eating, in fact, often makes the tightness go away for a time 'Lump' sensation comes and goes from day to day; Symptoms can persist for very long periods, often several months. The symptoms can be mimicked by pushing on the cartilage in the neck, just below the Adam's apple

  5. 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.

  6. 11 causes of chest pain that aren't a heart attack - AOL

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    This occurs when the digestive acid in your stomach makes its way back up your esophagus, the Mayo Clinic explains, and it tends to happen after eating certain foods, large meals or too close to ...

  7. Esophageal spasm - Wikipedia

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    If caused by food allergy, an elimination diet may be necessary. There have been reports of treatment of distal esophageal spasm in 8 patients using low amounts of peppermint oil (five drops of peppermint oil in 10ml of water), [ 8 ] and a report of treatment of an elderly patient with the same diagnosis.

  8. Here's What To Do If You Have Pain on the Right Side of Your ...

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    CHEST PAIN CAN feel like your body is setting off an alarm. Your chest holds tons of vital organs, including your heart and lungs , of course. Medical issues that can arise with these organs can ...

  9. Esophageal achalasia - Wikipedia

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    The chest pain experienced, also known as cardiospasm and non-cardiac chest pain can often be mistaken for a heart attack. It can be extremely painful in some patients. Food and liquid, including saliva, are retained in the esophagus and may be inhaled into the lungs . Untreated, mid-stage achalasia can fully obstruct the passage of almost any ...