{"id":103,"date":"2013-12-31T16:18:37","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T16:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/174.122.174.88\/~yourgice\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2015-08-06T08:20:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T08:20:51","slug":"ulcers-of-esophagus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourgicenter.com\/ulcers-of-esophagus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ulcers of the Esophagus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the Ulcers Of Esophagus?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An esophagus ulcer is the\u00a0<strong>chronic inflammation of the esophagus<\/strong>, 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 Ulcer and Esophagitis Syndrome or Esophagitis-Peptic Ulcer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the causes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ulceration of the esophagus is mostly\u00a0<strong>caused through chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease<\/strong>\u00a0(GERD). GERD is a disease that causes the stomach acids to reflux into the esophagus, causing heartburn.<\/p>\n<p>However an esophagus ulcer can also be caused through infection with\u00a0<strong>candida species<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>herpes virus<\/strong>\u00a0(HSV), or the<strong>human papillomavirus<\/strong>\u00a0(HPV), among others. Infectious esophagus ulcers mainly occur in patients with a weak immune system.<\/p>\n<p>Other causes can be excessive\u00a0<strong>vomiting<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>surgery<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>medications<\/strong>\u00a0such as aspirin or ibuprofen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the symptoms?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Typical symptoms may include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Difficulties swallowing or painful swallowing<\/li>\n<li>Heartburn<\/li>\n<li>Nausea<\/li>\n<li>Vomiting<\/li>\n<li>Abdominal Pain<\/li>\n<li>Weight Loss<\/li>\n<li>Cough<\/li>\n<li>Herpes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eventually the esophagus can narrow and make swallowing difficult and painful (Barrett Ulcer).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What treatments are available?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the case of an infection the treatment of an esophagus ulcer will involve antibiotics. In case of an ulcer caused by stomach acids, acid reducers will be prescribed.<\/p>\n<p>The prescription that you get from our doctor is usually effective, but cannot be taken over a long period of time due to their side effects. Esophagus ulcers may take a long time to heal completely, depending on the severity of the inflammation and ulceration. Therefore prescription medications only relieve the pain temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for example are a prescription medication that blocks the acid production of the stomach. Proton pump inhibitors stop a mechanism that usually &#8220;pumps&#8221; acid into the stomach. By suppressing the acid in the stomach the esophagus will be less irritated and the ulcer can have a chance to heal. However, this medication can be accompanied by<strong>unpleasant side effects<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best diet when sufferring from Esophagus Ulcer?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following food\/ food groups are\u00a0<strong>safe to eat\u00a0<\/strong>as they do not provoke acid production in the stomach. It is also recommended to create your own &#8220;good food &#8211; bad food&#8221; list in addition to this list. In order to better observe when heartburn and thereby irritation of the esophagus occurs, it might be a good idea to lead a diary where you write down when exactly you experience the pain. After a while it will be easy to discover causes and change your life style accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Ulcers Of Esophagus? An esophagus ulcer is the\u00a0chronic 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 Ulcer and Esophagitis Syndrome or Esophagitis-Peptic Ulcer. What are the causes? 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