Esophagitis

Introduction: Esophagitis

Esophagitis: Inflammation of the esophagus. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Esophagitis is available below.

Symptoms of Esophagitis

• Esophageal bleeding
• Difficulty swallowing
• Pain swallowing
• Symptoms of chemical esophagitis - from swallowed corrosives
  • Esophagus pain

See full list of 7 symptoms of Esophagitis

Medical Textbooks Online about Esophagitis

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Esophagitis?

• Misdiagnosis of Esophagitis
• Underlying causes of Esophagitis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Esophagitis

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Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only ...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with fatal...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel...read more »

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Causes of Esophagitis

• Reflux
• GERD
• Swallowing certain corrosive chemicals
• Muscle failure between esophagus and stomach
• Medication esophagitis - caused by a medication tablet lodged and slowly dissolving in the esophagus.

See full list of 9 causes of Esophagitis

More information about causes of Esophagitis:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Esophagitis (6 listings)
• Underlying causes of Esophagitis
• Esophagitis as a complication caused by other conditions
• Esophagitis as a symptom

Treatments for Esophagitis

• Pain relief
• Treatment of any underlying cause of esophagitis
• Treatment of chemical esophagitis - from swallowed corrosives
  • First aid treatment - contact poison control; treatment depends on the substance swallowed
  • Gastric lavage - depending on the substance and under professional advice

See full list of 8 treatments for Esophagitis

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Patient Surveys for Esophagitis

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Reseach about Esophagitis

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Clinical Trials for Esophagitis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Esophagitis include:

• A Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of TAK-390MR (30 mg and 60 mg) and Placebo on the Ability to Maintain Healing in Subjects With Healed Erosive Esophagitis. - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - TAK-390MR 30 mg oral,TAK-390MR 60 mg oral
• NEXIUM in the Treatment of Moderate and Severe Erosive Esophagitis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - esomeprazole magnesium (oral medication)
• 24 Hour Esophageal and Electrogastrography to Investigate the Mechanism of Reflux Esophagitis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Immunologic Factors in Reflux Esophagitis and Barretts Esophagus - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Efficiency Study of S-Tenatoprazole-Na to Treat Erosive or Ulcerative Esophagitis. - This study has been suspended (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - S-Tenatoprazole-Na (STU-Na)

See full list of 40 Clinical Trials for Esophagitis

Statistics for Esophagitis

• Medical statistics for Esophagitis
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Esophagitis
• Death and Mortality statistics for Esophagitis
• Society statistics for Esophagitis

Types of Esophagitis

• Reflux esophagitis - caused by reflux or GERD
• Chemical esophagitis
• Medication esophagitis - caused by a medication tablet lodged and slowly dissolving in the esophagus.
• Infectious esophagitis - caused by an infection

Read more about Types of Esophagitis

Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Esophagitis

• Icon Health Sourcebook for Esophagitis

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Definitions of Esophagitis:

INFLAMMATION, acute or chronic, of the ESOPHAGUS caused by BACTERIA, chemicals, or TRAUMA. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux - (Source - WordNet 2.1)