A vaginal yeast infection that leads to severe itching is a common overgrowth of yeast in the vagina. According to experts, it happens if you have high blood sugar levels or diabetes. A few other ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic esophageal inflammatory disease of undetermined pathophysiology that results in dense mucosal eosinophilia and esophageal dysfunction. In childhood ...

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;6(5):267-278. A thorough history and assessment of allergic diseases is a vital part of the evaluation of a patient with suspected EoE because of the ...

Candida die-off occurs when someone experiences new or worsening symptoms after receiving treatment for candidemia, which refers to a Candida infection in the bloodstream. Symptoms may include ...

Many fungal infections are treatable, but a new strain of microscopic fungus called Candida auris is more difficult to manage. Candida auris, also called C. auris, is a microscopic fungus in the ...

Heartburn, also called acid indigestion, is an irritation of the esophagus caused by acid that refluxes (comes back up) from the stomach. When swallowing, food passes down the throat and through ...

February is Oesophageal Cancer Awareness month and golfer Padraig Harrington has thrown his support behind a campaign to raise awareness of the common symptoms that could be red flags. Today's top ...

The really hard thing about listening to what they were going to do to his body, says Farrell, was that he had no symptoms of the oesophageal cancer he had been diagnosed with. In his head ...

This disorder results from an imbalance between the esophagus’s defensive mechanisms and the harmful effects of the refluxate. The pepsin, an enzyme secreted exclusively by the stomach, plays a ...

Purpose: Videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) is currently the most widely used clinical examination method for diagnosis of oesophageal fistula, but it has many limitations. Therefore, we ...