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Help docs, is having trouble swallowing food a symptom of ms?
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Rare presentation: If that is all you have, your suspicion of MS is wrong, and something else is going on. Get a Barium swallow and discuss with a gastroenterologist. Don't play guesswork, as the esophagus might be at risk.
Answered 9/9/2017
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