Sunday, May 30, 2010

#3

The esophagus is a much needed part in the digestive system. The esophagus is the part of your body that brings the food you swallow to your stomach. At the end of a person’s esophagus near the stomach is a sphincter, which opens and closes as the food goes down. In my dad’s case, when he swallows food his sphincter does not always open, leaving the food sitting backed up in his esophagus. He then has to remove the food himself, and by doing this the acid has left his esophagus extremely scarred.

He has gone in for procedures expanding his throat, but nothing has helped. Last time he went to the doctors they told him the only way for it to possibly be fixed is to completely replace his esophagus, a very timely and costly surgery. We are hoping that there may be a new procedure out soon, so he can eat a full meal and enjoy it without being in pain.

1 comment:

  1. #7

    I like how you explained everything to make us understand but didn't drag the post on and on letting the people reading it stay interested.

    Questions:
    Is there a reason this happened? (cause)

    Will your dad become sick from not eating ? or can he eat a little bit?

    What will the fake esophagus be made of?

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