Suggest Remedies For Difficulty In Swallowing

Posted on Wed, 11 Oct 2017

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Wed, 11 Oct 2017 Answered on

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Question : What causes the inability to Swallow?

Answered by Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal (58 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Dysphagia

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome to Healthcare Magic and thanks for putting up the query
Difficulty in swallowing can be due to many reasons like infections like fungal or bacterial, pharyngitis or tonsillitis.
It can be some neuromuscular problem or a growth or mass.
It can be due mucosal diseases if esophagus like esophagitis.
It can be due to some mediastinal disease.
there can be various reasons and at various levels of the food passage.
Any further questions are always welcome.
Thanks and regards

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