Multiple Sclerosis Is Associated With Achalasia and Diffuse Esophageal Spasm. 2023

Yeseong Kim, and Fahmi Shibli, and Yuhan Fu, and Gengqing Song, and Ronnie Fass
Department of Internal Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease characterized by the demyelination of primarily the central nervous system. Diffuse esophageal spasm (DES) and achalasia are both disorders of esophageal peristalsis which cause clinical symptoms of dysphagia. Mechanisms involving dysfunction of the pre- and post-ganglionic nerve fibers of the myenteric plexus have been proposed. We sought to determine whether MS confers an increased risk of developing achalasia or DES. Cohort analysis was done using the Explorys database. Univariate logistic regression was performed to determine the odds MS confers to each motility disorder studied. Comparison of proportions of dysautonomia comorbidities was performed among the cohorts. Patients with a prior diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, chronic Chagas' disease, opioid use, or CREST syndrome were excluded from the study. Odds of MS patients developing achalasia or DES were (OR, 2.09; 95% CI, 1.73-2.52; P < 0.001) and (OR, 3.15; 95% CI, 2.89-3.42; P < 0.001), respectively. In the MS/achalasia cohort, 27.27%, 18.18%, 9.09%, and 45.45% patients had urinary incontinence, gastroparesis, impotence, and insomnia, respectively. In the MS/DES cohort, 35.19%, 11.11%, 3.70%, and 55.56% had these symptoms. In MS patients without motility disorders, 12.64%, 0.79%, 2.21%, and 21.85% had these symptoms. Patients with MS have higher odds of developing achalasia or DES compared to patients without MS. MS patients with achalasia or DES have higher rates of dysautonomia comorbidities. This suggests that these patients have a more severe disease phenotype in regards to the extent of neuronal degradation and demyelination causing the autonomic dysfunction.

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