What about esophageal chest pain?

The occurrence of esophageal chest pain is related to gastroesophageal reflux, achalasia, hiatal hernia and other factors, and needs to be treated according to the etiology.

1. Patients with gastroesophageal reflux

need to use antigastric acid drugs, gastrointestinal prokinetic drugs, gastric mucosal protective agents and other drugs to reduce gastric acid secretion and prevent reflux, so as to relieve chest pain caused by gastric content reflux.

2. Patients with achalasia

can relieve esophageal chest pain symptoms through surgery. Common surgical methods include Heller myotomy, transoral endoscopic myotomy, etc.

3.

Patients with hiatal hernia can use mosapride, domperidone, cimetidine and other drugs to inhibit gastric acid secretion, promote healing of damaged esophageal mucosa, reduce reflux stimulation to esophageal mucosa, and relieve chest pain symptoms. If necessary, patients can be treated by esophageal hiatal hernia repair, open surgery, etc.