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Everytime i swallow i choke on food, water, what is wrong?
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Dysphagia.: Worst case scenario, there could be something wrong with your swallowing mechanism. You need some testing to better know what's going on. Barium swallow and EGD would be useful tests to seek.
Answered 1/11/2015
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