Weak lower esophageal sphincter

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Asked for Male, 29 Years

I always have throat irritation,white tongue. And when I visited ENT and Dentistst they checked thoroughly and ruled out any throat and oral issue but ent asked me to do upper gi endoscopy and came with lax cardia (Weak lower esophageal sphincter) and antral gastritis (I did hpylori stool antigen test for this and it came negative).is there anyway to fix lower esophageal sphincter. I think it's causing all these issues.

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Dhruv Sharma GastroIntestinal Surgeon 10 yrs exp Lucknow Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dhruv Sharma

GastroIntestinal Surgeon 10 yrs exp Lucknow

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A weak lower esophageal sphincter can cause reflux symptoms and throat irritation. But proper workup needs to be done, to be sure of the diagnosis.

Next Steps

Further testing includes barium swallow and high resolution manometry of esophagus. If any cause is identified on imaging it can be surgically corrected and will help with symptom relief.

Health Tips

Head end elevation of bed and avoid lying down immediately after meals.Avoid smoking, tea, coffee, chocolates, high fat diet, peppermint.

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