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When my husband is eating it like he can't swallow and he say it hurts.he has heart burn all the time?

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Need endoscopic : Examination for dysphagia , or difficulty in swallowing , take to his doctor right away , may be gerd related, have to make sure that there is no tumor.

Dr Koch and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/20/2013

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