Dysphagia or difficulty swallowing usually indicates some disorder of the esophagus. An accurate, detailed history can suggest the cause of dysphagia and can enable the physician to define the cause ...

A barium swallow is a type of test used to look inside the esophagus, or food pipe. A doctor might recommend this test if they need to look at the outline of any part of a person’s digestive system.

Fluoroscopy shows that on swallowing, the barium column moves down the esophagus. Such barium movement occurs largely due to passive forces in the esophagus and is very marked in the upright position.

A patient recently told me they’ve been having some problems swallowing lately. What can cause this? Swallowing is a pretty complex body function. It starts in the oral phase, when food is moistened ...

Because iron deficiency anemia is a part of the syndrome, laboratory findings consistent with iron deficiency anemia are necessary for the diagnosis. The latter includes microcytic anemia with a low ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a more accurate and standardized approach to interpreting a common test used to evaluate esophageal motor disorders, according to a study published in ...

An esophageal spasm is the sudden, abnormal squeezing of the food pipe (esophagus) -- the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach. Doctors are not sure what causes esophageal spasms, ...

We have observed frequent discrepancies between the endoscopic and radiologic diagnosis of esophageal varices. In addition, differences in interpretation of the same radiologic examination by various ...

The assessment of disease severity in patients with achalasia is difficult. Timed barium esophagography (TBE) can be used to assess esophageal emptying by measuring the height of the barium column in ...

Four years ago, a 45-year-old woman was seen in the endocrine clinic complaining of 2 years of a hoarse voice and progressive dysphagia to solid foods with a “normal†nuclear thyroid scan and a 3.5 ...

Jenelle Evans reveals for the first time in an interview with HollywoodLife that she's been suffering from a debilitating esophagus condition for years. She says the condition has caused her sickening ...