Esophageal cancer affects the esophagus lining, causing swallowing difficulty and chest pain. Learn what symptoms to look for ...

There are three main diets healthcare providers often recommend for people with EoE: Long-term inflammation can damage the tissue of the esophagus, causing scarring and narrowing. Healthcare ...

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

but it sometimes causes damage to the esophagus in the form of esophagitis, ulcers, difficulty or pain when swallowing, strictures (narrowing), esophageal spasm, and Barrett's esophagus which may ...

or the effect of a natural healing process in a narrow esophagus. Johansson et al. conclude that prophylactic use of PPIs reduces the formation of benign anastomotic strictures, as does the use of ...

Narrow band imaging (NBI) is a new technique that can visualize the whole esophagus. The mucosa is sequentially illuminated by precise wavelengths of red, blue, and green light that penetrate ...

in addition to identifying those allergens that are potential contributors to esophageal inflammation. [53] The allergist should aid in the development and monitoring of response to food ...