esophagus

A new study shows that endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) before radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a safe and effective treatment option for patients with nodular Barrett's esophagus (BE) and advanced neoplasia. The performance of EMR before RFA was not associated with a diminished likelihood of...

my mom has been experiencing difficulties in swallowing occasionally these past few days. she told me that she sometimes feel that something's blocking her throat passage whan she swallows normal amounts of food and describes an accompanying sensation of "as if swallowing something very hot"...

Esophageal cancer occurs in the esophagus which is a long hollow tube that runs from the throat to the stomach. The esophagus carries the food that is swallowed all the way to the stomach to be digested. Esophageal cancer usually begins in the cells that line the inside of the esophagus. Cancer...

Go see a doctor i dont hav e insurance do u think it would be worth the wait to go to a free doc and wait 6 hours ? I feel fine now ?

Hi, as i said, i ate pizza earlier, and apparently a piece of the crust got stuck. I didn't feel it until a little later, and it's been a few hours now. I've tried drinking water, a shake (lol), soda, ate a banana! And then it felt like it went down, but then i layed down and the sensation came...

Last night I was taking my medicine, which I have been taking the past few days (i've taken it before as well, and this never happened). When I swallowed, I felt like something was stuck in my esophagus tube, however I could breathe just fine and it wasn't hurting, it just felt like something...