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What is dysphagia?
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Problems swallowing: Dysphagia is difficulty swallowing. This can be to foods, liquids, or both and can be from blockage, tight esophagus, or actual inability to swallow due to a nerve problem. Not to be confused with odynophagia - pain with swallowing.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Dysphagia: Dysphagia means difficulty swallowing. There are many different causes. This does not include painful swallow, which goes by the term odynophagia.
Answered 9/23/2016
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Swallowing problems : Dysphagia is the medical term to describe swallowing problems. It does not refer to a specific cause.
Answered 9/28/2016
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