Esophagitis can cause retrosternal pain and discomfort.
Esophagitis, i.e. reflux esophagitis, is mainly caused by the reflux of gastric acid and bile from the stomach into the esophagus, which causes irritation to the mucous membrane of the esophagus, causing an inflammatory reaction, which may result in esophageal mucous membrane edema, erosion, ulceration, and the symptom of retrosternal pain, and the pain may sometimes be radiated to the back of the back between the scapulae, the neck, or the ear.
If there is esophageal inflammation, special attention should be paid to the diet, with a light, liquid diet, do not eat raw and hard food, and at the same time with medication, to protect the mucosa of the esophagus, to promote the early healing of the inflammation.
When patients with esophagitis are accompanied by sternal pain, they need to go to the hospital in time to improve the electronic gastroscopy, esophageal barium meal and other related examinations, and clarify the cause of the disease under the guidance of professional physicians, so as to avoid delaying the condition.