What post-treatment follow-up is needed in achalasia?

What post-treatment follow-up is needed in achalasia?

Long-term follow-up is needed regardless of which treatment you receive. This is because treatments are palliative – meaning they relieve symptoms – and do not cure achalasia or halt its progression. Symptoms can return. Your healthcare provider will want to see if your esophagus is adequately allowing food to enter your stomach and to check for gastroesophageal reflux, which would need to be treated. Your doctor will also want to monitor you to be sure cancer has not developed.