Doctors reminded that hot tea, smoking hot soup, hot pot ingredients, etc. may cause burns to the esophagus. The common symptoms are difficulty swallowing and a stuck throat; the picture shows the situation.

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[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report] A patient had a stuck throat, and after eating, he could clearly feel food passing through the esophagus, which made the original gastroesophageal reflux more painful. The esophagus is white, swollen and swollen like a scalded pigskin. According to Wu Zongqin, a specialist in gastroenterology and hepatobiliary medicine, this is actually a symptom of scalding the esophagus.

Wu Zongqin posted on the Facebook page "Daily Dr. Wu Zongqin in the abdomen", pointing out that drinking hot tea, smoking hot soup, hot pot ingredients, and feeling difficult to swallow and throat stuck after eating are all causes of esophageal burns. Symptoms, in addition to gastroesophageal reflux inflammation and even ulcers at the lowest end of the patient’s esophagus, it was suspected to be eosinophilic esophagitis, so a biopsy was performed, but the results were not like typical eosinophilic esophagitis, only It can be confirmed by gastroscopy tracking.

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Wu Zongqin said that after asking about the medical history in detail, it was inferred that it might be because he ate hot pot a few days ago and preferred to drink hot soup, which caused the white and swollen mucous membrane, which felt like scalded pigskin. Neither immunoglobulin E (IgE) was biased towards eosinophilic esophagitis.

Wu Zongqin said that eosinophilic esophagitis is more like an allergic reaction of the esophagus, which is usually accompanied by an increase in IgE, and is allergic to certain substances. Typical gastroscopes will appear circular white lines, but this patient is more It looks like vertical lines, and eosinophilic esophagitis is not a rare esophageal disease, the incidence rate is about 1 in 1,000, basically the prognosis is good, there is not much risk of esophageal cancer, just need to find out Allergens to reduce swallowing discomfort caused by inflammation of the esophagus.

The doctor reminded that hot tea, smoking hot soup, hot pot ingredients, etc. may cause burns to the esophagus. The common symptoms are difficulty swallowing and a stuck throat; the picture shows the situation.

(The picture is taken from photo AC)

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