why would someone who has a damaged esophagous due to acid feel pain on his heart and back? nociceptors have a lot of myelin so any little injury is going to lead to fast signals and a lot of pain neurons from vesicular organs and the soma synapse on the same interneurons nociceptors from vesicular tissue synapse on non-specific asending pathways, so the pain in one neuron will cause pain in all.

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Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134580999

Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Publisher:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

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why would someone who has a damaged esophagous due to acid feel pain on his heart and back?

nociceptors have a lot of myelin so any little injury is going to lead to fast signals and a lot of pain
neurons from vesicular organs and the soma synapse on the same interneurons
nociceptors from vesicular tissue synapse on non-specific asending pathways, so the pain in one neuron will cause pain in all.

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GERD/Gastro-esophageal reflux disease- is one of the upper gastrointestinal diseases which is developed slowly. Stomach contents persistently and regularly get flown into the esophagus, which results in symptoms. Symptoms include- dental corrosion, heart/chest burn, regurgitation, non-cardiac chest pain, back pain, and extraesophageal symptoms such as chronic cough, hoarseness, reflux-induced laryngitis, or asthma.