Difficulty Swallowing Questions

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Due to natural aging and normal wear and tear on the esophagus and a greater risk of certain conditions, such as stroke or parkinson's disease, older adults are at higher risk of swallowing difficulties. But, dysphagia isn't considered a normal sign of aging.
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You have to do endoscopy to evaluate why and what problem is causing you difficulty in swallowing.

Difficulty swallowing solid foods since how many days, if its more than 2 months kindly get an upper gi endoscopy done.

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Certain disorders — such as multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and parkinson's disease — can cause dysphagia. Neurological damage. Sudden neurological damage, such as from a stroke or brain or spinal cord injury, can affect your ability to swallow. Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum (zenker's diverticulum).
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Hi, welcome to Lybrate! first of all of the diagnosis is correct and precise then the treatment will be definitely effective. Get barium swallow study and fiber-optic endoscopic examination of swallowing should be done. Probably he is having silent aspiration which we are ignoring. Don't take any chance ,get clearance from these tests ,if all test reports shows normal ,then probably strengthening exercises can be started.

गले में संक्रमण की वजह से भी गले में सूजन, खराश और हल्का दर्द हो सकता है. टॉन्सिल के कारण भी गले में समस्या हो सकती है. लेकिन यदि दो हफ्तों तक लगातार गले में सूजन और दर्द रहता है या दर्द सामान्य से तेज होता है तो तुरंत डॉक्टर से संपर्क करना चाहिए क्योंकि ये गले में लिम्फोमा कैंसर के संकेत हो सकते हैं.
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Since when r you having this?What r other symptoms that you r experiencing?
By doing what like walking, exertion, eating or empty stomach- it increases or decreases in intensity. For how much time it remains?How is your appetite?R you constipated or having loose stools?
Is there stiffness also? Any problem in urine?It can be because of gas or acidity or indigestion, gastritis, gerd or respiratory problem or sore throat etc but I need details of the case.
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This means you are having an allergic reaction to a common fungus called aspergillus. Abpa causes the lungs to become inflamed. This leads to symptoms such as wheezing and coughing. You may cough up a lot of phlegm or brown specks of blood.
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It can be because of many reasons like sore throat, tonsillitis, pharyngitis or acidity or gerd or gastritis or indigestion etc. I need to know details of case. Follow this 1. Don't take tea empty stomach. Eat something like a banana (if you are not diabetic) or any seasonal fruit or soaked almonds and a glass of water first thing in the morning (within 10 mins of waking up). No only biscuits or rusk will not do. 2. Don't overeat 3. Take your breakfast every day. Don't skip it. U should eat what...more

Dear Lybrate user .you are taking medicine of depreesion sertraline. May be side effect of medicine .becz your age and history indicate no any other problem .generally swallowing problem arise due to stroke .yaa neurogenic issues but in your case its not like that .so talk to your Dr. .if there is any side effect of medicine yaa change that. For swallowing issue you should go for detail asessement like barium swallow test, endoscopic examination .you can consult to experience swallowing therapis...more