Source: Changsha Evening News
Changsha Evening News, November 25 (all-media reporter Yang Yunlong correspondent Huang Zemei Zhou Jingjing) people take food as the sky, if they always can't swallow, what kind of discomfort and pain, Mr. Luo, who is more than 60 years old, has been troubled by this problem for more than a year. Recently, he came to the Department of Gastroenterology of changsha Fourth Hospital for treatment, only to find that he suffered from a relatively rare benign disease of the digestive tract - achalasia.
Since February last year, Mr. Luo has been unable to swallow, and he has nausea, vomiting, and acid reflux. Since August this year, he has vomited even when drinking water, so he recently came to the Gastroenterology Department of changsha Fourth Hospital for treatment. The results of painless electronic gastroscopy, gastrointestinal angiography, ultrasonic gastroscopy and other examinations confirmed the doctor's preliminary judgment: Mr. Luo's esophagus was significantly dilated, and the cardia gate was small, which was considered as achalasia.
Li Jianguo, director and chief physician of the gastroenterology department of the hospital, introduced that there is a sphincter with a contractile function between the human esophagus and the stomach, which is equivalent to a valve, called cardia. When a person eats, the cardia automatically opens to allow food to enter the stomach; when not eating, the cardia automatically closes. If you have achalasia, after people eat, the cardia will not open, food is piled up in the esophagus, so it will be difficult to swallow, forced swallowing of food will cause the lower end of the esophagus to become thicker, but the place connected to the stomach is very thin, it looks like the shape of a bird's beak. The day after the gastroscopic balloon dilation, Mr. Luo was able to eat porridge and noodles without nausea and vomiting. "Finally it's time to eat well, there's nothing happier!" Mr. Luo was overjoyed.
Li Jianguo reminded that achalasia is a relatively rare benign disease of the digestive tract, which is often easily misdiagnosed and mistreated. If the patient finds that he or she has symptoms such as dysphagia, food reflux, and retrosternal pain, he should be vigilant and seek medical attention in time so as to make a clear diagnosis and comprehensive treatment.