She couldn’t stomach it anymore. Natalie Bickel, from Indiana, has a rare condition called retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction, also known as no-burp syndrome, meaning that she has spent years ...

Everything felt ‘completely different.’ ‘I had gurgling in my throat, pressure in my chest and throat, nausea after eating or when waking up, and if I’d been drinking carbonated drinks, I got more ...

A woman's rare condition left her unable to burp for six years. Caitlin Jones, 20, has retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction — also known as no burp syndrome. She noticed when she tried to burp after ...

Some patients develop an inability to burp (abelchia) because the muscle that surrounds the bottom of the throat (the cricopharyngeus muscle) remains overly tight when they attempt to allow air to ...

A cricopharyngeal spasm is a muscle spasm that occurs in your throat and can make it feel uncomfortable. Treatment typically includes home remedies and changing your eating pattern. Also called the ...

Endoscopic carbon dioxide laser cricopharyngeal myotomy for relief of oropharyngeal dysphagia divides the cricopharyngeal muscle via an endoscope using a carbon dioxide laser, as an alternative to ...

This section describes efficacy outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see ...