What Is Esophageal Motility Disorder?
The esophagus is the tube that carries food and drink from the mouth to the stomach. Normally, muscles in the walls of the esophagus contract in a coordinated way to move solids and liquids along. Esophageal motility disorder is a condition where the muscles do not move in a coordinated manner, or are too weak. This means that the esophagus is unable to propel substances down into the stomach effectively. Someone with an esophageal motility disorder may experience symptoms such as pain, difficulty swallowing and regurgitation of food and drink.
The esophagus is the tube that carries food and drink from the mouth to the stomach. Normally, muscles in the walls of the esophagus contract in a coordinated way to move solids and liquids along. Esophageal motility disorder is a condition where the muscles do not move in a coordinated manner, or are too weak. This means that the esophagus is unable to propel substances down into the stomach effectively. Someone with an esophageal motility disorder may experience symptoms such as pain, difficulty swallowing and regurgitation of food and drink. There are a number of different types of esophageal motility disorder. Primary esophageal motility disorders, or PEMDs, are the main diseases, which occur in their own right, while secondary esophageal motility disorders arise as the result of other illnesses. Esophageal dysmotility tends to be a long-term problem, lasting for months or years, and the symptoms vary according to the specific type of disease. For many forms of the disorder, the ca
