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Cough stimulus after eating It could also be on the stomach
Especially in the cold, often even the best home remedies for coughing can not do any more. The scratching in the throat and the cough stimulus persist. The cause could possibly also be in the stomach.
Chronic coughing due to misplaced gastric mucosa
In addition to cold and hoarseness cough is one of the typical cold symptoms. But coughing is also part of the symptoms of many other diseases. For example, chronic coughing can be triggered by a misplaced gastric mucosa. Experts from Austria have now developed a new treatment option.
Chronic coughing, permanent foreign body sensation, scratching in the throat and a feeling of dryness are widespread complaints. The cause of it can also be in the stomach. (Image: Africa Studio / fotolia.com) Breakthrough in treatment
Chronic coughing, permanent foreign body sensation, scratching in the throat, and a feeling of dryness are common complaints among the population, which are often trivialized and mistakenly attributed to gastroesophageal reflux disease.
However, these are also characteristic symptoms of patients who suffer from the presence of a dislocated gastric mucosa in the esophagus (ectopic mucosa).
A recent study by researchers from the Medical University (MedUni) Vienna and the General Hospital (AKH) Vienna has now brought a breakthrough in treatment for those affected:
According to a statement from the clinic, the new method of radiofrequency ablation has been successfully used for the first time worldwide in pronounced cases.
Radiofrequency ablation leads to a significant improvement
The cause of the symptoms is a piece of misplaced gastric mucosa, which is found in just 10-15 percent of people in the context of gastroscopy not as usual in the stomach but in the esophagus and acid and mucus production leads to chronic damage to the larynx.
With pronounced forms, there has hitherto been no effective and at the same time safe treatment option. The first-time use of radiofrequency ablation leads to a significant improvement of the symptoms.
The study has now been published in the journal "Digestive Endoscopy".
New study in preparation
"Radiofrequency ablation is a state-of-the-art, minimally invasive method that has been developed to treat precursors and early forms of esophageal cancer and is offered as an outpatient gastrectomy," explains Ivan Kristo, first author of the study and surgeon at AKH's Department of Surgery Vienna / MedUni Vienna.
"This new method allows us the controlled release of energy, which can be desolate pathological tissue with low side effects. This has led to a noticeable improvement in the symptoms of our patients treated so far both for the examiner and for those affected, "the expert continued.
In order to further consolidate the success of the new treatment method, the study director Sebastian Schoppmann, surgeon and head of the working group Diseases of the stomach and esophagus of the University Department of Surgery of the Vienna General Hospital Vienna / MedUni Vienna, is currently preparing a randomized controlled trial.
"Through our innovation, we have now succeeded for the first time in the world in enabling patients to receive therapy." (Ad)