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When one hears the word “spasm”, one almost instantly thinks of muscle spasms. And when one hears muscle spasms, one almost instantly thinks of the legs. However, spasms come in many shapes and variations and some of them can be downright dangerous for the human body. The esophageal spasm is […]
Sometimes, mysteries arise in the most banal of things. The human life and the human body are themselves mysteries and, even with the state-of-the-art medical technology available these days, it is still very difficult to find answers to certain medical questions. Esophageal spasms are among them. When thinking of muscle […]
What are Esophageal Spasms? The esophagus is the tube that carries food from the mouth into the stomach. An esophageal spasm is when the esophagus has uncoordinated, irregular, and sometimes very powerful contractions. Typically the contractions of the esophagus are coordinated, meant to move the food through the esophagus into […]
Esophageal spasms are sometimes called nutcracker esophagus, though this is actually only one of the types of spasm. People afflicted have irregular, uncoordinated, and sometimes powerful contractions of the esophagus, which is the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach. Normally, contractions of the esophagus are coordinated, […]