Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Diffuse esophageal spasm; Spasm of the esophagus
Symptoms
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Difficulty swallowing or pain with swallowing -
Pain in the chest or upper abdomen
It can be hard to tell a spasm from
Signs and tests
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Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) Esophageal manometry - Esophagogram (barium swallow x-ray)
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Esophageal spasm Treatment
Review Date: 11/11/2010
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)
