Diagnostics | Esophagitis

Diagnostics Typical symptoms of esophagitis are an indefinable, burning pain at the level of the sternum. Swallowing difficulties also occur, which feel different depending on the location of the inflammation. In addition, one frequently encounters sourness and when swallowing, a kind of foreign body sensation occurs. If there are already pre-existing conditions, an acute infectious … Diagnostics | Esophagitis

Esophagitis

Reflux esophagitis, infectious, mechanical, toxic (toxic), thermal (heat or cold), radiogenic (radiation), drug-induced esophagitis Medical: esophagitis Definition Inflammation of the oesophagus is the inflammation of the mucous membrane of the inner side of the oesophagus. The esophagus connects the throat with the stomach and is about 25 cm long. It consists mainly of muscle, which … Esophagitis

Symptoms | Esophagitis

Symptoms The typical symptom of esophagitis is pain in swallowing (odynophagia). This is particularly pronounced in the mechanical-irritative form. Non-specific swallowing difficulties (dysphagia) also occur. Often the pain behind the breastbone (retrosternal pain) is misinterpreted with pathological processes in the area of the heart and bronchial tubes. Particularly in the case of pronounced infectious esophagitis, … Symptoms | Esophagitis