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- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Esophageal achalasia
Symptoms
- Backflow (regurgitation) of food
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Chest pain , which may increase after eating or may be felt in the back, neck, and arms - Cough
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Difficulty swallowing liquids and solids Heartburn - Unintentional weight loss
Signs and tests
Physical examination may show signs of
Tests include:
Esophageal manometry Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Upper GI x-ray
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Achalasia Treatment
Review Date: 01/20/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of
Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San
Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
