What is esophageal spasms?

Esophageal spasms are an uncoordinated series of muscle contractions that prevent food from traveling properly from the esophagus to the stomach. These spasms do not move food effectively to the stomach.

How do members experience esophageal spasms?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with esophageal spasms*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for esophageal spasms*

*Data from patients with esophageal spasms, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with esophageal spasms*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Nitrostat)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
esophageal spasms (1)

*Data from patients with esophageal spasms, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has esophageal spasms on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 16
40s 43
50s 87
60s 115
70+ 61

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 46
Female 275

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What is esophageal spasms?

Esophageal spasms are an uncoordinated series of muscle contractions that prevent food from traveling properly from the esophagus to the stomach. These spasms do not move food effectively to the stomach.



Common symptoms reported by people with esophageal spasms

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for esophageal spasms

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Nitrostat)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
30
Tried for
esophageal spasms (1)

Data from patients with esophageal spasms, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with esophageal spasms

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Nitrostat)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
esophageal spasms (1)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

Data from patients with esophageal spasms, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has esophageal spasms on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 90 say esophageal spasms is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 16
40s 43
50s 87
60s 115
70+ 61
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 9
20-29 years 13
30-39 years 27
40-49 years 23
50-59 years 21
60-69 years 6
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 46
Female 275

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 116
Not Diagnosed 18

These charts show data from esophageal spasms patients who have completed their condition history
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