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Can severe cervical stenosis cause swallowing difficulty?
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Possibly: The concept of stenosis implies thickening of the bone surrounding the spinal cord. However, oftentimes, there is addtional bone growth on the disc space area on the front edge of the bone, leading to difficulty with swallowing.
Answered 2/11/2019
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Not usually: Cervival stenosis by itself should not cause swallowing problems, however of you have very, very large bone spurs (osteophytes) on the front (ventral) aspect of your cervical spine then it is possible to have swallowing problems from that. You can get a swallow study or scope to look into it.
Answered 7/11/2018
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