I was diagnosed with Ooesophagea Aachalasia a few weeks ago. Since I am at the early stage, I have been looking for alternative treatment other than the traditional symptomatice treatment. I did not want to have Botox or POEM. I am very thankful to Dr. Jain for this video. It helps me to understand much more about this disease. Perhaps if I can be seen by a neurogastroenterologist, I may try cognitive behavioral therapy and diaphragmatice breathing instead of surgery.
I noticed that my disorder became worse after my Covid shots. I’ve never had Covid. However, I have a hiatal hernia that was attempted to be fixed 2 times. Now, I haven’t been able to eat much. My doctor thinks that maybe my vagus nerve is wrapped in scar tissue. I do grow a lot of scar tissue. My recent surgery happened in December 2018 or 2019 and took 7 hours to get scar tissue off of my aorta and liver. My LES is fine, but my esophagus failed 80%. Any ideas to get nutrition?
Can refflux cause iem issues my test showed 50% in trouble swallowing and reflux symptoms. The les relaxation is normal i really think my spitchner is not working properly so i really want to get the fundoplication surgery
I Have 90% ineffective Swallows and diagnosed me with IEM and I couldn’t get Nissen fundoplication because I wouldn’t be able to get food down. What other surgery can I get? I have dysphaiga symptoms with this and doc said I might have a variant of achalasia?
I'm having a barium test done on Thursday. Do they make you swallow a pill? I have a hard time swallowing already and pills I cant swallow I choke on them. Even small ones.
Mine is caused by chest & abdomen area injury. Injury to my organs. Causing spasm and contrastion and severe aerophagia. Etc. Etc. Caused by a chiropractor misdiagnosing me. She must have thought i had hatial hernia ( which i didn't) she used aggressive technique/ applied heavy force to move my organs down ( more details) causing major injury/ major complications/ edema etc. Etc.
make sure to stay upright. do not lie down flat. the spasms can be so violent that they take your breath away too. it is quite miserable. i hope you are well now.😢
what kind of medication is it? they have me taking nitroglycerin 3 times a day and each time gives me a 5-10 minutes window to eat and drink water. it scares me though and am interested if another drug works for you. i am not sure that i am a surgical candidate. was just dx and haven’t even met with a doctor yet. ☹️
Hi Dr Anand can you please send me your email diagnosed with ineffective esophageal immotility but never given medications only relying on PPI and the pain is getting worse
