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Achalasia is a rare disorder that affects tens of thousands of people in the US every year. “The patients who have it are really suffering.” Lee Health Gastroenterologist Dr. Augistine Salami said it’s when patients have difficulty swallowing and digesting food. “They’re eating, but the food is not going into the stomach. The food sits and your esophagus for days until it has enough pressure to push its way through.” The food can sit there for days. Patients can experience chest pain and lose weight. Until 2007, it required surgery to treat it, but now there is a more minimally invasive approach called a Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy or POEM. “I’m able to go down the esophagus, go down the mouth, create an entrance into the wall of the esophagus, and cut the muscle from the inside,” said Dr. Salami. The highly specialized procedure takes only about an hour. “I’m the only one in Southwest Florida to do this procedure.” Dr. Salami said patients can start feeling the effect immediately. “The very next day you can tell the difference if you’re a patient. You can eat and the food goes down. You don’t feel like the food is getting hung up.” Ask your doctor if a POEM procedure could be right for you. View More Health Matters video segments at LeeHealth.org/Healthmatters/ Lee Health in Fort Myers, FL is the largest network of health care facilities in Southwest Florida and is highly respected for its expertise, innovation and quality of care. For more than 100 years, we’ve been providing our community with personalized preventative health services and primary care to highly specialized care services and robotic assisted surgeries. Lee Health - Caring People. Inspiring Care. Visit LeeHealth.org