Apollo doctors treat rare swallowing disorder
Doctors from Apollo Hospitals, Visakhapatnam on Monday successfully treated a 35-year-old woman patient suffering from Achalasia Cardia, a condition that made swallowing food and liquids increasingly difficult, using an advanced technique called POEM (Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy). The doctors said that Achalasia Cardia occurs when the valve connecting the food pipe to the stomach fails to…