She couldn’t stomach it anymore. Natalie Bickel, from Indiana, has a rare condition called retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction, also known as no-burp syndrome, meaning that she has spent years ...

Some patients develop an inability to burp (abelchia) because the muscle that surrounds the bottom of the throat (the cricopharyngeus muscle) remains overly tight when they attempt to allow air to ...

Ten-year-old Tahnee has been in pain since she was a newborn due to a rare condition called retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction, which results in her not being able to burp Ten-year-old Tahnee ...

Eating out with friends was a constant source of anxiety for Dulcie, a 23-year-old research student from the UK. Her throat would gurgle loudly, and her chest would tighten as gas painfully expanded ...

The inability to burp—called retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD)—is caused by failure of the throat’s cricopharyngeal muscle to relax to allow the outward passage of gas. An interview-based ...

A singer who couldn't burp says a £900 botox injection has changed her life – and might have saved her career. Lucy Hodson, 27, suffered from a rare condition known as "no burp syndrome" that left her ...

It seems that some people cannot burp, which can lead to serious discomfort like chest and abdominal pains. The diagnosis was given an official name in 2019: retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction or ...

Delay in triggering the pharyngeal swallow (bolus past ramus of mandible but pharyngeal swallow is not triggered) Chin down 27, 58 Widens valleculae, narrows airway entrance to prevent bolus entering ...

The videoclip is of a lateral view on videofluoroscopy in a patient with a cricopharyngeal bar, which is seen impinging on the barium column posteriorly (arrow). Note that after completion of the ...

DURHAM, N.C. — On his eighth day hospitalized, Dustin Chapman decided to put his musical talents to use and help inspire others who, like him, were struggling with a difficult medical diagnosis.