Achalasia Center - Clearwater, FL
Clearwater Gastroenterologist Doctors for AchalasiaType of Physician: Gastroenterologist What is a Gastroenterologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners focus on the stomach, intestines, colon, liver, and gallbladder (digestive organs). The gastroenterologist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer, and jaundice and they consult with surgeons when abdominal operations are indicated. Specialty: Gastroenterology Common Name: GI Doctor Gastroenterologist Doctors in Clearwater * Gastroenterology Consultants Of Clearwater  Advanced Digestive Care  Gastroenterology Consultants Of Clearwater  Gastroenterology Consultants Of Clearwater  John H Ahn MD  Louis Aviles MD  Bay Area Gastroenterology  Center For Digestive Healthcare  Center for Digestive Care Inc  Center for Digestive Care Inc  Gastroenterology & Oncology Assoc  Bay Area Gastroenterology  Center for Digestive Care Inc  Eric D Weston MD FACG  Diagnostic Clinic Countryside Clearwater  Florida Center For Gastroenterology  Florida Center For Gastroenterology  Florida Center For Gastroenterology  Florida Center For Gastroenterology  Satinderpal S Sondhi MD  Morton Plant Mease Primary Care  Suncoast Internal Medicine Consultants  Gulfcoast Gastroenterology Consultants  A J Bidani MD  Florida Center For Gastroenterology  Heidi E Goldberg MD  Gulfcoast Gastroenterology Consultants  Gulfcoast Gastroenterology Consultants  Gulfcoast Gastroenterology Consultants  Gulfcoast Gastroenterology Consultants  Gulfcoast Gastroenterology Consultants  Advanced Gastro & Liver Care PA  Iyunni V S Nath MD PA  Madhu Goyal MD  Bay Pines VA Medical Center  Center for Digestive Care Inc  Robert H Wharton MD  Center for Digestive Diseases  Paul E McRae MD  Center for Digestive Diseases  Girish B Patel MD  Dwarka G Nath MD PA  Joseph A Boulay Jr. MD PA  Pediatric Gastroenterology  Optium Care  Gastroenterology Specialists of Tampa  Gastroenterology Associates of West Florida  Gastroenterology Associates of West Florida  Gastroenterology Specialists of Tampa  Gastroenterology Associates of West Florida  Satish Patel MD  Maxwell Rent MD  Sreenivas Prasad Vangara MD  Malleswari S Vangara MD  Drs Whitaker, Weintraub, Prockop & Grizzard  Gastroenterology Specialists of Tampa  Pediatric Gastroenterology  John Isaac Delgado MD  John Q Stauffer MD Palma CEIA Medical Group  HealthPoint Medical Group  Colin T Chircop MD  Gerald H Dominguez MD  Norman B Edgerton Jr. MD PA  Leopoldo Grauer MD FACG  Morris R Hanan MD PA  HealthPoint Medical Group  HealthPoint Medical Group  David R Heiman MD PA  Roland David Shepard MD  Lifelink Healthcare Institute  Gerardo F Palacios MD PA  USF Physicians Group Gastroenterology  USF Physicians Group  USF Physicians Group Gastroenterology  USF Physicians Group  USF Physicians Group Gastroenterology  USF Physicians Group Gastroenterology  James A Haley VA Medical Center  UCH Gastroenterology Center  UCH Gastroenterology Center  Moffitt Cancer Center Gastrointestinal Tumor  Moffitt Cancer Center Gastrointestinal Tumor  Moffitt Cancer Center Gastrointestinal Tumor  Moffitt Cancer Center Gastrointestinal Tumor  Eugene A Ward MD  Florida Medical Clinic PA  Florida Medical Clinic PA  Florida Medical Clinic PA  Florida Medical Clinic PA  Florida Medical Clinic PA  Florida Medical Clinic PA  Florida Medical Clinic PA  Ishwari Prasad MD  Tiyyagura Reddy MD  Venu Lakshminarasim MD  Ronald L Barbour MD & Emmanuel Mompi MD  Imad Nakshabendi MD PA  Ashok K Dhaduvai MD  Sun Coast GI Associates  Richard J Eatroff MD PA Clearwater, FloridaUpcoming Local Events2012-05-19
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AchalasiaWhat is achalasia?Achalasia is a rare disease of the muscle of the esophagus (swallowing tube). The term achalasia means "failure to relax" and refers to the inability of the lower esophageal sphincter (a ring of muscle situated between the lower esophagus and the stomach) to open and let food pass into the stomach. As a result, patients with achalasia have difficulty in swallowing food.
How does the normal esophagus function?The esophagus has three functional parts. The uppermost part is the upper esophageal sphincter, a specialized ring of muscle that forms the upper end of the tubular esophagus and separates the esophagus from the throat. The upper sphincter remains closed most of the time to prevent food in the main part of the esophagus from backing up into the throat. The main part of the esophagus is referred to as the body of the esophagus, a long, muscular tube approximately 20 cm (8 in) in length. The third functional part of the esophagus is the lower esophageal sphincter, a ring of specialized esophageal muscle at the junction of the esophagus with the stomach. Like the upper sphincter, the lower sphincter remains closed most of the time to prevent food and acid from backing up into the body of the esophagus from the stomach. The upper sphincter relaxes with swallowing to allow food and saliva to pass from the throat into the esophageal body. The muscle in the upper esophagus just below the upper sphincter then contracts, squeezing food and saliva further down into the esophageal body. The ring-like contraction of the muscle progresses down the body of the esophagus, propelling the food and saliva towards the stomach. (The progression of the muscular contraction through the esophageal body is referred to as a peristaltic wave.). By the time the peristaltic wave reaches the lower sphincter, the sphincter has opened, and the food passes into the stoma... Recommended Reading Related to AchalasiaWhat is dysphagia?Dysphagia is the medical term for the symptom of difficulty swallowing, derived from the Latin and Greek words meaning difficulty eating. Mechanism of swallowing Swallowing is a complex action.
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