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Could Difficulty While Swallowing Food Be Due To Inflammation Of Oesophagus?

I ate a hot piece of potato yesterday. It didn t burn my mouth but it burned in my chest so much so that I almost fell to the floor in pain. I recovered after a few minutes and was fine yesterday for dinner but today my chest hurts, especially when I swallow. Could I have burned my esophagus?
posted on Tue, 30 Dec 2014
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hi,
hot spicy food may cause inflammation of the oesophageal mucosa..you dont panic..it will be normal within a few days..in the meantime you can have anaesthetic syrup and ppi tablet for shoothing effect..
hope this is useful.
thank you for choosing HCM.
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Could Difficulty While Swallowing Food Be Due To Inflammation Of Oesophagus?

hi, hot spicy food may cause inflammation of the oesophageal mucosa..you dont panic..it will be normal within a few days..in the meantime you can have anaesthetic syrup and ppi tablet for shoothing effect.. hope this is useful. thank you for choosing HCM.