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Swallowing disorder
Swallowing disorders are conditions where it is difficult for a person to move food or water from their mouth, through their esophagus, and into their stomach.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 44-year old asked:
How are swallowing disorders evaluated?
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How common are swallowing disorders in the us?
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A member asked:
My toddler seems to choke and gag on food a lot. Could he have a swallowing disorder or possibly putting too much good in his mouth?
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A 35-year old asked:
What are the chances for a swallowing disorder being caused by brain damage?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I have developed a swallowing disorder where I keep thinking about my breathing while eating and drinking. I have to manually breathe while eating and it makes eating uncomfortable and stressful. Eating does not feel natural anymore. What do I do?
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A 21-year old asked:
Can esophageal cancer cause swallowing disorders?
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A male asked:
Swallowing disorders (can only swallow small chunks, slow pace, while concentrating), past 3 weeks. Very allergic (gras, more). Connection? Treatment?
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A 21-year old asked:
What stages in swallowing can disorders occur?
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A 37-year old asked:
Difficulty swallowing? Is that esophageal disorder or cancer?
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A 29-year old female asked:
My partner does not suffer from transmitted disease if swallowed sperm will it cause problems?
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A 34-year old asked:
Does Parkinson's disease eventually lead to lack appetite, due to inability to swallow food?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Accidentally swallowed a small piece of plastic. I feel fine and didnt choke. Can this cause a disease or will i just poop it out and be fine?
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A 26-year old male asked:
What is the treatment and survivability rate for Axonal Polyneuropathy? The disease is getting worse, is about my grandmother, she struggle to swallow and has breathing issues, we hardly understand what she says but her intelect was NOT affected?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Does chewing (not swallowing) toilet paper over many years (if one has pica disease) cause cancer? Because of the presence of dioxin?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have hashimotos disease with a slightly enlarged thyroid. I've been noticing that it's becoming harder to swallow, but it's not getting bigger. Why?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Would having a normal looking esophagus, norm barium swallowing, norm MRE of small intestines, rule out esoph. motility disorders?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Best way to diagnose an autoimmune disease. I have all classic symptoms pain, low, fever, extreme weakness, ck level 1700 problems swallowing. ?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Everytime i swallow or chew and start to salivate i get a throbing pain deep in my neck . I have graves disease and had rai .. What could this be ?
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A 44-year old asked:
Does swallowing dental plaque causes clotting and heart disease?
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A 42-year old female asked:
I have been treated for Graves' disease in the past and now my thyroid hurts when I swallow?
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A 34-year old female asked:
What neurological disorders could cause choking/ swallowing trouble usually while drifting off to sleep?Also have parethesia and myoclonic jerks.
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A member asked:
Does my friends mom have a disease? She has trouble swallowing and swallows in between words. She has to push her tongue to the edge of her mouth.
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A 35-year old male asked:
Over the past 5 years I have had chronically enlarged tonsils, an asymmetric enlarged submandibular gland and nodes, and a swallow test showed a motility disorder. Can these all be related and be being. Aided by something systemic?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Is it possible that I have acid reflux disease? I've had episodes of burning in my throat lasting 3 days. It feels like i swallowed a hot drink
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A 30-year old female asked:
What could be the cause of chronic(1 year) persistent minimal sputum in the throat that couldn't be coughed out in a 25 year old ? This sputum is only cleared by forceful cough followed by swallowing. No risk factors -smoking, alcohol, drug, disease?
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A 36-year old female asked:
High wbc, chronic fever(low), fatigue, adrenal innsufficiency, thyroid disease, nodules on thyroid.Had biopsy, hard to eat, swallow, breathe, 20yrs chronicwbc?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I keep having a lump feeling in my throat I suffer with panic and anxiety disorder and when I go to swallow food I fear that I'm gonna choke
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A 49-year old male asked:
Can dental problems be the cause of thyroid gland disorders - either hypo or hyperthyroidism? Is a symptom a click in the throat when you swallow?
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A 42-year old female asked:
I had radioactive iodine4 yrs ago for Graves' disease & for 3 days my thyroid hurts really bad when I turn my neck or swallow. No sore throat. help?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I was digonosed with Graves' disease . And the last 2 days my neck has been hurting when I swollow and when I turn it. Also feels hot. This normal?
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