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Dysphagia - created from Mind Map
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Difficulty swallowing
Oropharyngeal
Esophageal
Patient can't coordinate swallowing muscles appropriately
Muscular problem
Alzheimer's patients
Obstruction Mechanical
motility problems
More likely dysphagia with SOLIDS
Achalasia
Scleroderma
Aperistalsis of the stomach
LES increased tone/pressure
Decreased LES relaxation
Dysphagia with solids AND liquids
It might not present on endoscopy but why is it still REALLY important to perform an endoscopy?
Definitive Treatment: Hellers Myotomy
Rule out pseudoachalasia
Like a tumor in the cardia of the stomach
Dilatations are effective but will require multiple not a definitive tx
Side Effect?
Gastric Reflux" Salvaje"
Systemic connective tissue disorder
Esophageal motor dysfunction
Smooth muscle
Atrophy
Fibrosis
Can't contract well in the distal esophagus
Incompetent LES
Irreversible injury
LES hypotension
GERD and its complications
No anti-reflux barrier
Loss of clearing mechanism
Erosive esophagitis
Barett's esophagitis
Adenocarcinoma
Collagen deposition
Sclerosis of the arterioles
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- Medical School Pathophysiology Apunte sobre Dysphagia - created from Mind Map, creado por soler.gabriella el 15/01/2016.
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- soler.gabriella · ene 2016
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- 19 feb 2016
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- Creado por soler.gabriella · 15 ene 2016
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