Esophagitis - group of diseases with the acute, subacute or chronic current, described an inflammation of a mucosa of an esophagus.

Etiology. The most frequent reason of an esophagitis is hit of a gastric juice in an esophagus owing to an incompetence of cardia - a reflux an esophagitis. Esophagites arise owing to a boring of a mucosa of an esophagus chemical substances (strong acids, alkalis). The medicinal lesion of an esophagus can be caused by reception of tablets of Tetracyclinums, Chinidinum, nonsteroid resolvents, Zinci sulfas of iron, etc. Risk of occurrence of a medicinal esophagitis above in faces with structural anomalies of an esophagus (at strictures, tumours of an esophagus, a hernia of an esophageal aperture of a diaphragm, at a prelum of an esophagus the left auricle, an aortic arch); to its development promote horizontal position of the patient, injection of small quantity of water, reception of alcohol. Infectious diseases-inflammatory of an esophagus develop mainly at patients with deficiency of immunity conditions, - can cause funguses (candidosis esophagites); Viruses of a herpes, immunodeficiency of the person, viruses; seldom - bacteria.

Pathogenesis: in most cases - immediate irritating influence on a mucosa of an esophagus, including at an incompetence of cardia and a reflux an esophagitis.

Signs, current. Esophagites are shown by a dysphagia (sensation of retardation or an obstacle at passage of nutrition on an esophagus), a pain at passage of nutrition, a pain behind a breast bone (carrying out of the differential diagnosis with a stenocardia can be demanded), a heartburn (a burning sensation behind a breast bone at contact of a mucosa of an esophagus to acidic gastric contents - a characteristic attribute a reflux-эзофагита). At a hemorrhagic esophagitis can be a vomiting a scarlet blood and a melena.