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I have difficulty burping and feel throat pressure. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I have been suffering from severe health issues for six months. My main problems include difficulty to burp, fatigue, pressure feeling in the bottom of my throat, for which I have done gastroscopy, which yielded no results. Also, I have done an MRI and barium swallow test. The barium s... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your query and saw the pictures attached (attachments removed to protect patient identity). It does not appear to be related to your thyroid. It seems more like esophageal atresia. Since your symptoms also point out in the direction of an esophageal defor... Read Full »
Our baby is born with esophageal atresia. Kindly help.
Query: Hello doctor, We have a baby born with esophageal atresia without fistula-type A. After two days of birth, and she had a surgical intervention, but, it was unsuccessful because the gut of stomach was not developed enough or it was very short to connect. Then, the doctors have installed a gastric ca... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Generally, for esophageal atresia, two to three procedures (in parts) are done for correcting the anomaly because it is almost impossible to stretch the tube so far as to reach the stomach. As far as I know, we put in a gastrostomy tube wherein food is directly poured ... Read Full »