What is a peptic ulcer?
A peptic ulcer is a hole in the gut lining of the stomach, duodenum, or esophagus. A peptic ulcer of the stomach is called a gastric ulcer; of the duodenum, a duodenal ulcer; and of the esophagus, an esophageal...
What is Vomiting Blood?
Vomiting of blood can be a serious condition and usually one needs immediate medical attention. The causes could be from simple to complicated ones and a physician's judgment is needed to discern this. The causes range...
What is the Esophagus?
The esophagus is a hollow tube that carries food and liquids from the throat to the stomach. When a person swallows, the muscular walls of the esophagus contract to push food down into the stomach. Glands...
What is Barrett's Esophagus?
In order to understand Barrett's esophagus it is useful to understand the normal appearance of the esophagus. In a normal esophagus, the tissue lining appears pale pink and smooth. These flat square cells, called "squamous" cells,...
What is the Ulcers Of Esophagus?
An esophagus ulcer is the chronic inflammation of the esophagus, therefore often called esophagitis. Esophagus ulcers can lead to a condition called Barrett Esophagus. Synonyms found for esophagus ulcer are Barrett Ulcer, BE, Chronic Peptic...
What is difficulty of swallowing or dysphagia?
Difficulty of swallowing or Dysphagia generally means that when one swallows solids or liquids or both, the food goes down through the esophagus or food pipe with hesitation leading to discomfort or even...
What is GERD?
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a more serious form of gastroesophageal reflux (GER), which is common. GER occurs when the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) opens spontaneously, for varying periods of time, or does not close properly and...
What is Internal Bleeding?
Internal Bleeding is a condition in which people bleed internally from the Gastrointestinal (GI) tract. GI tract is a vast organ system which starts in mouth, goes down to the esophagus, stomach, small intestine (which is...
What is Dysepsia?
Dyspepsia means painful, difficult, or disturbed digestion not associated with a definitive pathologic condition.
Dysepsia - often called indigestion - is a common malady that many associate with the TV ads for antacids. While dyspeptic symptoms are often...
What is Stomach Cancer?
Cancer begins in cells, the building blocks that make up tissues. Tissues make up the organs of the body. Normally, cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When cells grow...
