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 20
40s 43
50s 85
60s 111
70+ 55

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 41
Female 272