Caffeinated drinks, citrus juice and alcohol raise the level of acidity in the stomach and citrus juices, spicy food and tomato products can irritate the
gullet.
Some people suffer every day and in these cases a faulty valve between the stomach and
gullet may be responsible.
39, lost dad Hugh, 58, to cancer of the
gullet in 2001, while at No.
That creates a problem in getting rid of acid and increases the tendency for the stomach contents to actually go backwards into the
gullet.
Staff now have a manometry PH recording and analysis system, designed to measure acid levels and pressures in the
gullet for diagnosis.
Normally the food goes down the
gullet to the stomach.
Ebony would have starved to death without the op to correct a defect in her
gullet.
The 58-year-old is due to have a new round of tests on cancer of the
gullet in two weeks to determine if her tumour is under control or if she will need major surgery.
Acid from the stomach leaks into the sensitive
gullet, burning the lining and causing pain.
A DEPENDING on the position of the pain, it could have a number of causes from gallstones to an inflamed or narrow
gullet, a hiatus hernia, acid problems like a peptic ulcer or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
I, too, suffered from cancer of the
gullet and, like Iris, was misdiagnosed at first.
SOUNDS like heartburn, or oesophageal spasm, in which the
gullet muscles go into cramp.
