The sympathetic nerve supply comes from the cervical and the thoracic sympathetic chain (spinal segments T1–T10) and regulates blood vessel constriction, esophageal sphincters contractions ...

Metastatic esophageal cancer starts in the esophagus and then travels through the blood or lymphatic system to other organs or lymph nodes. Cancer cells then form tumors in other areas of the body.

Enlarged blood vessels around your esophagus are called varices. If they rupture, it may be fatal. Variceal banding is a procedure that prevents and treats these ruptures. Advanced liver ...

Other mechanisms of esophageal injury resulting from injury to the esophageal blood supply, or to the nerves and nerve plexi on the surface of the esophagus, have not been excluded.

Blood pressure medication has an effect "The reflux illness leads to inflammation of the esophagus, and in many people the esophagus heals and becomes normal again," Bratlie says.

The sympathetic nerve supply comes from the cervical and the thoracic sympathetic chain (spinal segments T1–T10) and regulates blood vessel constriction, esophageal sphincters contractions ...