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Can dysphagia lead to an eating disorder?
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Yes: Dysphagia is difficulty swallowing and this difficuly could lead to not wanting to eat in a healthy, sustaining way. Get the problem fixed.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Not really: Dysphagia implies difficulty swallowing, an anatomic or physiologic problem. An eating disorder focuses on eating as a psychiatric problem, but swallowing is not the issue.
Answered 3/26/2013
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