Rastogi Sanjeev, Chaudhari Priyanka
Department of Panchakarma, Annals of Ayurvedic Medicine, State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Editorial Office, Annals of Ayurvedic Medicine, State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2015 Jan-Mar;6(1):41-4. doi: 10.4103/0975-9476.146556.
Achalasia is an esophageal motor disorder characterized by sustained lower esophageal sphincter contraction and reduced esophageal peristalsis. This pathology eventually results in symptoms like dysphagia, regurgitation and occasional chest pain related to food intake. This is an uncommon disorder of unexplained etiology; however viral, autoimmune and neurodegenerative causes are often afflicted to its manifestation. As per the current state of knowledge, achalasia is considered to be a chronic incurable condition. The treatment options offered here primarily aim at reducing the tone of lower esophageal sphincter by pharmacologic, endoscopic or surgical means. We are presenting here a case of achalasia with two years of symptomatic history of food regurgitation, dysphagia and heart burn without any noticeable response from allopathic medicines. The patient was subsequently kept under ayurvedic therapy considering the symptoms caused by vata impairment and hence requiring vatanulomana and reduction in esophageal muscle tone as the primary management. The patient was kept under suggested Ayurvedic therapy and followed-up for 3 months. A symptom-free follow-up in this case was noticed after completion of 1 month of Ayurvedic therapy.
贲门失弛缓症是一种食管运动障碍性疾病，其特征为食管下括约肌持续收缩以及食管蠕动减弱。这种病理状况最终会导致吞咽困难、反流以及偶尔与进食相关的胸痛等症状。这是一种病因不明的罕见疾病；然而，病毒、自身免疫和神经退行性病因常与其表现相关。根据目前的知识水平，贲门失弛缓症被认为是一种慢性不治之症。这里提供的治疗选择主要旨在通过药物、内镜或手术手段降低食管下括约肌的张力。我们在此呈现一例贲门失弛缓症病例，该患者有两年食物反流、吞咽困难和烧心的症状史，服用所有opathic药物均无明显反应。考虑到由风邪损伤引起的症状，因此需要进行风邪疏导并降低食管肌张力作为主要治疗方法，随后该患者接受了阿育吠陀疗法。该患者接受了建议的阿育吠陀疗法并随访了3个月。在完成1个月的阿育吠陀疗法后，该病例出现了无症状的随访结果。
