{"id":3327,"date":"2025-07-18T18:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poci.biz\/sigls\/?page_id=3327"},"modified":"2025-07-19T11:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:43:23","slug":"difficulty-swallowing-we-can-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poci.biz\/sigls\/difficulty-swallowing-we-can-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Difficulty Swallowing ? We can Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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At Sai Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Sciences, we specialize in diagnosing and\ntreating swallowing disorders, including Achalasia and Zenker’s diverticulum, using\nadvanced treatments like POEM (Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What is Achalasia?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  • <\/i>A condition where the esophagus has trouble moving food into the stomach due to muscle dysfunction.<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Symptoms:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • <\/i>Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)<\/li>\r\n
    • <\/i>Regurgitation of food<\/li>\r\n
    • <\/i>Chest pain<\/li>\r\n
    • <\/i>Weight loss<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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      Treatment:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      • <\/i>POEM (Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy): A minimally invasive procedure that cuts the muscle at the lower end of \tthe esophagus to improve swallowing.<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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        Advanced Treatment: POEM
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        • <\/i>POEM is a cutting-edge, minimally invasive endoscopic procedure used to treat swallowing disorders like achalasia.<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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          Procedure:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          • <\/i>A flexible endoscope is inserted through the mouth.<\/li>\r\n
          • <\/i>The endoscope creates a tunnel in the esophagus to cut the muscle at the lower end, improving the \tpassage of food.<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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            Benefits:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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            • <\/i>No external incisions<\/li>\r\n
            • <\/i>Shorter recovery time<\/li>\r\n
            • <\/i>High success rate<\/li>\r\n
            • <\/i>Improved quality of life<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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              POEM Procedure for Achalasia<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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              Incision made to\ninsert the endoscope<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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              The endoscope is\ninserted in the inner\nlayer of esophagus<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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              Esophagus is passed\nthrough the tunnel\nto cut muscle layer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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              The mucosa is closed &\nendoscope is removed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              At Sai Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Sciences, we specialize in diagnosing and treating swallowing disorders, including Achalasia and Zenker’s diverticulum, using advanced treatments like POEM (Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy). What is Achalasia? A condition where the esophagus has trouble moving food into the stomach due to muscle dysfunction. Symptoms: Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) Regurgitation of food […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poci.biz\/sigls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poci.biz\/sigls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poci.biz\/sigls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poci.biz\/sigls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poci.biz\/sigls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3327"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/poci.biz\/sigls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3421,"href":"https:\/\/poci.biz\/sigls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3327\/revisions\/3421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poci.biz\/sigls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}