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Can seasonal allergies cause the throat to feel tight with mild difficulty swallowing? i'm a 20 year old male. it almost feels like if your wearing a
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Question cut off but: Dysphagia is distinguished as "transfer dysphagia" (problem moving food from mouth to top of esophagus) versus "transit dysphagia" (problem getting food down esophagus & into stomach). Motility disorders, strictures, ulceration (pill-associated, viral), tumors, eosinophilic esophagitis, spasms, etc must all be considered.
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