What is esophageal fever?

Esophageal fever is the medical term for a burning sensation in the esophagus. The typical symptoms of reflux esophagitis are acid reflux, heartburn, and other esophageal discomfort. There are many causes of esophagitis. Frequent consumption of sweet or high-energy foods, strong tea, coffee, or frequent alcohol consumption, smoking, and obesity are all triggers that can cause reflux esophagitis. If there is a burning sensation in the esophagus, it is important to minimize the stimulation of the esophagus by foods such as sweets, sour foods, coffee, cream, and wine. Patients with heavy symptoms can intervene with some medications. The more effective ones are proton pump inhibitors, such as omeprazole, lansoprazole, pantoprazole, eprazole and other proton pump inhibitors, all of which can relieve the burning sensation in the esophagus. However, it is still recommended to continue to take proton pump inhibitors again after the symptoms of esophageal burning sensation disappear to maintain them for 1-2 weeks, the main thing is to avoid these triggers and reduce recurrence.