Sentences with phrase «esophagus spasms»

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GERD and other gastrointestinal problems such as ulcers, muscle spasms in the esophagus, a gallbladder attack, and pancreatitis can all cause chest pain and other symptoms that mimic those of a heart attack or angina, a crushing type of chest pain caused by decreased blood flow to the heart.

The physiologic stress response can cause the sphincter that closes off the esophagus from the stomach to spasm.

I have Diffuse Esophageal Spasms and if I chew my nuts the grittiness causes my esophagus to spasm.

Esophageal achalasia: a functional stricture or spasm of the muscles of the esophagus where it joins the stomach.