Yes, according to my doctor, that's what I have.
A tight feeling right at the top of the stomach, in the front, just below the bra strap, really.
The valve swells or spasms and just shuts off the passage of food.
What food can get through hurts pretty bad and the feeling is like someone just punched you in the upper stomach.
Doctor prescribed me a serious muscle relaxant, which does the trick.
Massage works wonders but hurts during the massage as the muscle is very tender.
*Stretch your arm on the same side as your pain across your chest and lie down (on your stomach). Ask someone to massage the muscle between your shoulder blade and your spine. Crossing your arm under your chest provides better access to this muscle which is normally partly hidden by your shoulder blade. Believe it or not, this can help relieve the spasm you feel below your ribs!*
When the attack passes the muscle continues to be tender to the touch, for as much as a day or two.
For me at least, the cause appears to be totally stress-related.
As with most stomach related conditions, alcohol, spicy, fatty and acidic foods etc. make the condition much worse. Roughage, such as salad, does seem to help but watch the dressing. The condition is very sensitive and even something with tomato can aggravate it a bit or a lot, depending on the day, the person, the stressors and how you are coping.
You pretty much have to come to the conclusion that you are internalizing your stress and find a good, productive outlet to get a handle on it.
Again, I'm no doctor, just a sufferer and these are just my experiences.
The pyloric sphincter, or valve, is a strong ring of smooth muscle at the end of the pyloric canal and lets food pass from the stomach to the duodenum. It receives sympathetic innervation from celiac ganglion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pylorus
The pyloric sphincter regulates passage of chymefrom the stomach
The ring like muscle that controls the flow from the stomach to the small intestine is called the pylorus or the pyloric sphincter. It is divided into two parts: the pyloric antrum which is connected to the body of the stomach and the pyloric canal which is connected to the beginning of the small intestine (the duodenum).
The pyloric sphincter regulates passage of chyme from the stomach.
Pyloric sphincter controls the movement of food from stomach to duodenum. With parasympathetic or vagal stimulation it opens up or relaxes and with sympathetic stimulation it contracts or closes.
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The function of the pyloric sphincter is that it controls the movement of food from the stomach into the small intestine.
The pyloric sphincter is mediated by excitatory cholinergic vagal fibers, so a cholinergic agonist would constrict the sphincter.
This is called the pyloric region. A sphincter called the pyloric sphincter is found there.
Yes, The pyloric sphincter valve regulates the exit of digested food from the stomach to the small intestine.
The bottom of the stomach is the pyloric area, with the pyloric sphincter separating the stomach from the duodenum (first portion of the small intestine). The top of the stomach is the cardiac area with the cardiac sphincter. The pre-pyloric area is the area just above the phyloric sphincter where they do biopsies to test for an H-Pylori infection. The pyloric area consists of two parts the pyloric canal and the pyloric antrum.
duodeum