Esophagus diseases

Introduction: Esophagus diseases

Any disease affecting the esophagus. Examples of diseases affecting the esophagus include heartburn, gastroesophageal reflux, Barrett's esophagus and esophagitis. The esophagus is the tube between the throat and the stomach.

Symptoms of Esophagus diseases

• Chest pain
• Abdominal pain
• Indigestion
• Belching
• Water brush

See full list of 9 symptoms of Esophagus diseases

Medical Textbooks Online about Esophagus diseases

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Esophagus diseases?

• Misdiagnosis of Esophagus diseases

Misdiagnosis and Esophagus diseases

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known,...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal...read more »

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 "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good"...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 likely to be...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain,...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...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,...read more »

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Causes of Esophagus diseases

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Reseach about Esophagus diseases

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Clinical Trials for Esophagus diseases

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 Esophagus diseases include:

• Quality-of-Life Assessment of Patients Who Have Cancer of the Esophagus - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Esophagus - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - cisplatin,paclitaxel
• Esophageal Cancer Risk Registry - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Nitrocamptothecin in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Stomach Cancer That Cannot Be Removed During Surgery - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - nitrocamptothecin
• PNU-93914 in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancer of the Esophagus - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - paclitaxel liposome

See full list of 399 Clinical Trials for Esophagus diseases

Statistics for Esophagus diseases

• Medical statistics for Esophagus diseases
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Esophagus diseases
• Death and Mortality statistics for Esophagus diseases
• Society statistics for Esophagus diseases

Types of Esophagus diseases

• Esophagitis
• Esophagus Cancer
• Esophageal diverticulum
• Esophageal atresia
• Esophageal stricture

See full list of 16 Types of Esophagus diseases

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