Acid reflux can be extremely uncomfortable, especially at night. To prevent it, it's important to adjust your sleep posture, ...

Here are some home treatments which can help you in relief from acid reflux and indegstion. When the stomach is very full, there can be more reflux into the esophagus. If it fits into your schedule, ...

When you swallow, a band of muscle around the esophagus, called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), relaxes to let food and liquid into the stomach. It also prevents the stomach’s contents ...

showing a dilated esophageal body bird beak-like narrowing of lower esophageal sphincter (see Video 1). b; Vigorous achalasia showing diffuse spasm-like contractions in the esophageal body with ...

Just avoid peppermint tea, as it may relax the esophageal sphincter and worsen symptoms. “Staying hydrated helps dilute stomach acid,” says Mohammad A Al-Haddad, M.D., division director of the ...

and the stomach lies a muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter which separates the contents of the stomach from the esophagus. GERD occurs when the sphincter is weak or when there is a structural ...

Just avoid peppermint tea, as it may relax the esophageal sphincter and worsen symptoms. “Staying hydrated helps dilute stomach acid,” says Mohammad A Al-Haddad, M.D., division director of the ...

In the present study, also signs were improved including lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure (from 10 ± 1.58 and, 10.3 ± 1.68 mmHg in the pretreated patients to 16.5 ± 0.6, and 14.1 ± 0. ...