Title: Esophageal dysmotility, esophageal motility disorder, causes, symptoms, diagnosis & treatment
Headings: Esophageal dysmotility
Esophageal dysmotility
Esophageal motility disorder
Esophagus anatomy
Figure 1. Esophagus
Figure 2. Esophagus anatomy
Figure 3. Cross section view of the esophagus
Esophagus physiology
Figure 4. How the esophagus works
Upper esophageal sphincter
Peristalsis
Lower esophageal sphincter
Esophageal motility disorder causes
Primary esophageal causes of esophageal dysmotility include:
Systemic disorders causing esophageal dysmotility include:
Esophageal motility disorder symptoms
Achalasia
Spastic esophageal motility disorders
Scleroderma esophagus
Esophageal motility disorder diagnosis
Esophageal motility disorder treatment
Esophageal strictures treatment
Achalasia treatment
Medications
Botulinum toxin injection
Mechanical dilation
Surgery
Common pitfalls and side-effects of management
Esophageal motility disorder prognosis
Achalasia
Scleroderma esophagus
Spastic esophageal motility disorders
Mortality and morbidity
Complications
Achalasia and squamous cell carcinoma
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Content: Esophageal dysmotility, esophageal motility disorder, causes, symptoms, diagnosis & treatment
Esophageal dysmotility
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Esophageal motility disorder
Esophagus anatomy
Esophagus physiology
Upper esophageal sphincter
Peristalsis
Lower esophageal sphincter
Esophageal motility disorder causes
Esophageal motility disorder symptoms
Achalasia
Spastic esophageal motility disorders
Scleroderma esophagus
Esophageal motility disorder diagnosis
Esophageal motility disorder treatment
Esophageal strictures treatment
Achalasia treatment
Common pitfalls and side-effects of management
Esophageal motility disorder prognosis
Mortality and morbidity
Complications
Esophageal motility disorder
Esophageal dysmotility also called esophageal motility disorder are abnormal contractions occurring in the esophagus, which propel the food bolus forward toward the stomach, causing symptoms such as difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia), heartburn, and chest pain 1). When contractions in the esophagus become irregular, unsynchronized or absent, the patient is said to have esophageal dysmotility. The areas of dysfunction in the esophagus may be in the upper esophageal sphincter, the body of the esophagus or the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). The esophagus functions solely to deliver food from the mouth to the stomach where the process of digestion can begin. Efficient transport by the esophagus requires a coordinated, sequential motility pattern that propels food from above and clears acid and bile reflux from below. Disruption of this highly integrated muscular motion limits delivery of food and fluid, as well as causes a bothersome sense of dysphagia and chest pain. Disorders of esophageal motility are referred to as primary or secondary esophageal motility disorders and categorized according to their abnormal manometric patterns. The spectrum of these disorders ranges from the well-defined primary esophageal motility disorders to very nonspecific disorders that may play a more indirect role in reflux disease and otherwise be asymptomatic. Esophageal motility disorders may occur as manifestations of systemic diseases, referred to as secondary motility disorders. Disorders of esophageal motility can also be divided into two categories: