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 ...

a: Cricopharyngeal bar visible anterior to Zenker's diverticulum (arrow). b: After laser cricopharyngeal myotomy, with diverticulum open into esophagus.

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 ...