Vad jag ska opereras för, igen.

Det här är Akalasi, det här är vad jag opererats för - och ska opereras för igen. Här är en perfekt beskrivning, tyvärr på engelska, men här är den. Hittade det här 2009 då jag satt vid datorn och skulle läsa på. Jag vägde som minst 55-58 kg, och var 172 cm lång.

"Achalasia is a disease of the esophagus in which that organ's ability to move food down and into the stomach is severely reduced or restricted. In this condition, the lower esophageal sphincter, a muscular barrier between the esophagus and stomach, is unable to relax sufficiently to allow food an liquid to pass normally into the stomach.


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Only after sufficient pressure can be provided by the weight of the column of the food in the esophageal tube, will food enter the stomach. Patients experience progressive and severe difficulty swallowing solids and liquids. They also complain of retro-sternal chest pain or discomfort, regurgitation of undigested food, aspiration (inhalation) of gastric and esophageal contents in the lungs which leads to pneumonia. This is a progressive disease, and generally gets worse, not better. For patients with achalasia, swallowing is difficult and unpleasant. Substantial weight loss is common and lung infections due to aspiration (inhalation) of swallowed food material is not unusual. Symptoms frequently do not improve spontaneously."