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Try gargling salt water or go to your doctor.
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Can you get a swollen esophagus from smoking?
yes
Why does the Esophagus have saliva?
the mouth has salivary glands to help the food go down the esophagus easier
What is around the esophagus to help the food go down?
pealestalsis
Will coffee help a swollen lip piercings?
No, use watered down mouth wash and if it's really swollen ice should help.
How does nutrients get from mouth down esophagus?
You break it down by chewing it and while you're doing that, your saliva will help dampen the food. Once it is small enough, you swallow it and it travels down through your esophagus. Your nutrients are absorbed while it travels, not while it is in the esophagus.
How does help juices in deigestion?
It push your food down the esophagus when it get suck down your throat it helps go down.
What is the medical term meaning Swollen twisted veins in the esophagus?
Tortuous, swollen veins in the distal esophagus are called esophageal varices. They are caused by portal hypertension, or elevated pressure in the portal circulation. Esophageal varices can cause severe internal bleeding.Esophageal varices are varicose veins at the end of the esophagus.
What happens to food when it goes down the esophagus?
the food is then forced down the esophagus.
Is the esophagus is involved in chemical digestion?
The esophagus has a physical break down. The esophagus squeezes the food down into the stomach, making this a physical break down.
What is the function of osephagus?
the ESOPHAGUS is a tube in the throat which food goes down when you swallow. (swallowing is mostly involuntary because the esophagus is made of smooth muscle, a type of muscle that works without control of the brain.) The food goes down into the stomach. On the top half of the esophagus is a sphincter, as well as on the bottom half. they help close off the esophagus.
What are 5 What are facts about an esophagus?
It squeezes the food to help it go down that is all I know.. SRRY! :(♥
What are varices?
Varices-- Swollen or enlarged veins, in this case on the lining of the esophagus.
