Dysphagia occurs in more than 50 percent of patients with Parkinson's disease. 1 Although all the phases of swallowing can be involved, dysphagia due to hyperactivity of the upper esophageal sphincter ...

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 ...

It’s not yet known how many people live with R-CPD – or no-burp syndrome – but some experts believe it could be more common than they first thought. Here’s everything you need to know about this ...

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 ...

This section describes efficacy outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see ...

A woman who is unable to burp naturally has finally had her first belch - thanks to a Botox injection. Natalie Bickel, from Floyds Knobs, Indiana, has a condition called no-burp syndrome. As a result, ...

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 ...

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 ...