What is the cause of esophageal pain?

Esophagus refers to the esophagus, esophageal pain may be caused by eating too hot food, reflux esophagitis, esophageal cancer and other reasons.

1, eating too hot food

eating just boiled, too hot food, due to the high temperature of food, may burn esophageal mucosa, resulting in esophageal pain.

2, reflux esophagitis

due to esophageal mucosal defense barrier function weakened, unable to inhibit reflux, gastric contents will reflux into the esophagus, gastric acid has corrosive effect on esophageal mucosa, can cause esophageal pain symptoms.

3, esophageal cancer

esophageal cancer is a malignant disease, cancer cells will infiltrate esophageal mucosa, invasion of surrounding nerves, resulting in esophageal pain symptoms.