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It can hold as much as a gallon (about 4 liters) of food or liquid. Once the stomach grinds the food, strong muscle contractions called peristaltic waves push ...
It works by increasing peristalsis (contractions) in the colon, leading to an increase in the number of bowel movements. This medicine is available only ...
Functional bowel disorders, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional or nonulcer dyspepsia (NUD); Gastroparesis (slow gastric emptying) that can be associated ...
This digestive condition affects muscles in the stomach and keeps it from emptying fully. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
In this condition, a valve between an infant's stomach and small intestine fails to open enough for food to pass through. Surgery is the treatment.
... peristalsis, making swallowing difficult. A number of nonsurgical and surgical options exist for the treatment of achalasia. Traditional surgical approaches ...
Esophageal motor dysfunction characterized by a hypotensive lower esophageal sphincter and absent peristalsis, often called scleroderma esophagus, is a common ...
This digestive condition is sometimes mistaken for heart pain. Learn about symptoms and treatment for these painful contractions in the esophagus.
Once the stomach pulverizes the food, strong muscular contractions called peristaltic waves push the food toward the pyloric valve. Food then moves into the ...
Distal esophageal spasm (DES) and Jackhammer esophagus (JE, a form of hypercontractile peristalsis) were more common in patients evaluated on opiates, but ...
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