How to treat esophageal cardia dystrophy



Esophageal cardia dystrophy can be relieved by medication, change of dietary habits and surgery.

1. Medication: Due to the large individual differences of the disease, medication may not have clear effect on every patient, and the suitable medication should be taken under the guidance of doctor; the medication that can relieve the symptoms include nitrate drugs such as nitroglycerin, calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine, and so on.

2. Dietary changes: symptoms can be relieved by changing daily dietary habits, such as eating fluids or semi-fluids, avoiding indigestible solid foods.

3. Surgery: endoscopic POME surgery and luminal modified Heller surgery can treat cardia that is ineffective in non-surgical treatment. Compared with traditional surgery, the advantages of these surgeries lie in small trauma, simple operation, and good efficacy, which have gradually become the first choice of surgical treatment at present.

It is recommended that patients with pancreatic achalasia should go to the hospital for examination and treatment under the guidance of the doctor.