But for some, the inability to belch can be an issue that can cause discomfort. There is even a medical name for the condition: retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction (R-CPD), also known as "no burp ...

She couldn’t stomach it anymore. Natalie Bickel, from Indiana, has a rare condition called retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction, also known as no-burp syndrome, meaning that she has spent years ...

Amy's parents knew there was something different about her as a baby. She was a fussy eater. Every time she was fed she would cry until she threw up. That wasn't necessarily uncommon. But there was ...

Some patients develop an inability to burp (abelchia) because the muscle that surrounds the bottom of the throat (the cricopharyngeus muscle) remains overly tight when they attempt to allow air to ...

Endoscopic carbon dioxide laser cricopharyngeal myotomy for relief of oropharyngeal dysphagia divides the cricopharyngeal muscle via an endoscope using a carbon dioxide laser, as an alternative to ...

A woman who had a rare syndrome that left her unable to burp finally had her first belch thanks to a Botox injection. It came after years of embarrassment of having to pass wind around her hubby to ...

Eating out with friends was a constant source of anxiety for Dulcie, a 23-year-old research student from the UK. Her throat would gurgle loudly, and her chest would tighten as gas painfully expanded ...

Delay in triggering the pharyngeal swallow (bolus past ramus of mandible but pharyngeal swallow is not triggered) Chin down 27, 58 Widens valleculae, narrows airway entrance to prevent bolus entering ...

a: Cricopharyngeal bar visible anterior to Zenker's diverticulum (arrow). b: After laser cricopharyngeal myotomy, with diverticulum open into esophagus.

A 1-year old dog named Mojito appears to have a healthy life ahead of it, thanks to doctors from the UC Davis schools of medicine and veterinary medicine who collaborated on a unique surgical ...

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