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Difficulty swallowing
Difficulty with swallowing is the sensation that food is stuck in the throat, or from the neck down to just above the abdomen behind the breastbone (sternum).
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A 41-year old asked:
Dysphagia/difficulty swallowing causes?
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Difficulty swallowing Do I need to see a doctor?
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A 42-year old asked:
What could cause difficulty swallowing in a 60 yo?
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A 32-year old asked:
Why would I have so much difficulty swallowing pills?
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A 43-year old asked:
Why do some people have so much difficulty swallowing pills?
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A 21-year old asked:
Are there infections that can cause me difficulty swallowing?
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A 48-year old asked:
What might cause a sudden increase in smell sensitivity and difficulty swallowing?
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A 22-year old asked:
Can dystonia cause difficulty swallowing or breathing?
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A 50-year old asked:
Is difficulty swallowing from a tracheostomy permanent?
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A 47-year old asked:
How can I address my difficulty swallowing and persistent sore thoat?
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A 36-year old asked:
Difficulty swallowing? Should I take tiny bites of food with lots of water?
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A 46-year old asked:
Is dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) resulting from a tracheostomy permanent?
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A 42-year old asked:
If dysphagia is difficulty swallowing, then what do you call difficulty chewing?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I focus on swallowing too often and when I don't have any saliva left, I have difficulty swallowing. Drinking and eating not an issue. Normal?
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A 30-year old male asked:
For more than four years now I have had difficulty swallowing food without drinking a sip of water I have seen probably.five doctors and been told a variety of possible causes the issue comes and goes day to day can be worse than the other I have spent c
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A 29-year old asked:
What can cause a fever and difficulty swallowing?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Why do I have difficulty swallowing and suddenly feels dizziness.?
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A 41-year old asked:
Foods to eat when you have difficulty swallowing, with big tonsils. What would make a good balance?
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A 18-year old male asked:
17, difficulty swallowing, doctor said throt infection and got penicillin, but 4 days days in and not getting better or worse, am i dying :( help me?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Which is more effective: Metformin tablets or Riomet oral solution? I'm having difficulty swallowing the pills. Does Riomet work as well as the pills?
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A 29-year old male asked:
I have a yellow coating on my tongue and difficulty swallowing. what could it be?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Why am I having difficulty swallowing? It feels like something is pushing on my throat.
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A 21-year old asked:
Can tumors on my neck cause me to have difficulty swallowing?
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A 54-year old female asked:
How big does a thyroid goiter have to to cause difficulty swallowing?
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A 39-year old asked:
One slightly swollen lymph node and difficulty swallowing, what could be wrong?
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A 44-year old asked:
I have acid reflux. i'm just wondering how, exactly, this causes difficulty swallowing?
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A 46-year old female asked:
I have difficulty swallowing solid foods what could it be can't see any lumps on.my neck?
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A 18-year old female asked:
My thyroid gland is small but it is giving me difficulty swallowing. What could be the reason for this?
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A 45-year old male asked:
Hi. Im taking risperadone.but i have difficulty swallowing food, my doc advice me to take biperiden. Any comment?
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A 42-year old asked:
Now having difficulty swallowing. Do you know of a correlation between chronic coughing/bronchitis and esophageal strictures?
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