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Doctor insights on: Pills Stuck In Esophogus

Esophageal pain: Drinking room temperature water often relieves esophageal spasm. If the pain persists, try liquid mylanta which coats the esophagus. See your physician as needed if symptoms worsen or persist. ...Read more

Sips: Sips of water.....liquid, soaked bread.

Talk to your doctor: Some medications are irritants to the esphagus and are usually taken with food or water. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist to see if it is the medication. If is not getting better or getting worse will need a more evaluation and possible studies. ...Read more

Not necessarily: Some pills/tabs/caps have a hard outer casing and may need to be removed with a scoping procedure if truly stuck in the lower esophageal area. ...Read more

The quick answer is: Let liquid trickle down your throat and see if it dissolves on its own. I assume you don't have any trouble breathing. Or, eat something like a big bite of raw bread and see if things get moving. A little Pepto Bismo will soothing the lining of your throat and esophagus afterwards. If you still have the sensation of blockage, the pill might have scraped the sides of your throat. See MD. ...Read more

Check with MD: Discuss your symptoms with the ordering physician and find out what they saw in the study. ...Read more

Pills shouldn't burn: Acid reflux pills should not burn when swallowed. If you have severe reflux, you can have injury and inflammation of the esophagus. This would make it very painful to swallow anything (dysphagia). Most acid reflux pills act by reducing the acid from the acid producing cells of the stomach. The pills will not cause reflux. You may have other problems (like hiatal hernia) that would need diagnosis. ...Read more

May be reflux: Globus sensation (something stuck in the throat) can be seen with reflux (even without heartburn), as well as problems of the throat, tonsils, pharynx, voice box (larynx), etc.
See your doc first; maybe an ENT to look around, scans to check the nearby areas that can't be visualized, or a GI doc to check for reflux after that.,. ...Read more

Growth: Hello, I have to say that it is hard to imagine what type of growth may cause your symptoms without a careful examination and endoscopy. I would recommend you see your ENT doctor for a complete evaluation and possibly imagery. ...Read more

Negative: Per Drugs.com, there is no drug-drug interactions between ranitidine and levonorgestrel (as found in Rigevidon--a drug combination not available in the USA). ...Read more

Pain: Pain can cause nausea. But more importantly you need a scope to make sure it isn't cancer. ...Read more

Highly inconvenient : Not life threatening but could indicate significant underlying reflux ...Read more

Eating: Sometimes ingested items not fully chewed can get stuck in esophagus. Chicken and fish bones sometimes leave sensation because of scratch in esophagus or pharynx leave stuck sensation. Narrowings (stenoses) of esophagus from surgery, reflux esophagitis, hernia and congenital abnormalities can cause holdup of materials. ...Read more

See your doc: It is unclear of how you think this has happened but need to see a physician for the diagnosis. Need either an upper endoscopy or x-rays called an UGI to reveal further what is going on. Eliminate for now any alcohol or caffeine until this is evaluated. ...Read more

Metaphor?: Before mis-answering your question, did you mean "sunrooms" or "symptoms" please? ...Read more

Narrowed esophagus: There are various disorders that can cause narrowed esophagus. The can range from benign (secondary to reflux or prior radiation or ingestion of caustic substance) to malignant(cancerous) the narrowing can also be caused by extrinsic(something pushing from outside) compression to esophagus. The best test to diagnose this is either esophagram or endoscopy. With endoscopy, you can diagnose & treat. ...Read more

Rare : Esophageal perforations are not common. It can occur in the setting of excessive vomiting or retching. Also, possible with a prolonged food impaction or even severe pill esophagitis. ...Read more

Endoscopy: An endoscopy and biopsy is needed to assess the barrett's and decide if there are precancerous cells that require more aggressive therapy. ...Read more

Anti reflux Rx: Be is a complication of chronic reflux; may be painless. Cells in lower esophagus look like intestinal cells, would be ok if they weren't esoph. Cells; less resistant to chemical onslaught. Pre-cancerous. 1% of barrett's pts. May develop adeno (gland) ca of esoph. Rx with aggressive med rx, ppi twice a day, and follow up endoscopy to check for "dysplasia"-more cancer-like; can remove by scope. ...Read more

Heartburn or none: Patient with heartburn tend to have barrett's more commonly but a good portion of patients with barretts are asymptomatic. ...Read more

Change in lining: Barrett's esophagus is when there is irritation to the area between the esophagus and stomach, causing the cells there to change from one form to another. The reason this is important is because the changed cells have a relatively high (compared to normal people) chance to progress to cancer. You would need endoscopy to find and treat this condition. ...Read more

Spasm: The esophagus is very muscular to move food from your mouth o your stomach. Sometimes these muscles cramp up into a spasm, which causes a severe pain. Please contact your primary provider to evaluate this further if it dosen't resolve soon ...Read more

Swallowing: Esophageal disorders, and there are many, effect the acts related to swallowing. ...Read more

Probably: Barrett's is caused by the bathing of the bottom of the esophogus with irritating substances. Barrett's is considered to be a pre-cancerous condition, so you want to avoid getting it. It can occur even if you take antiacids or drugs like nexium, (esomeprazole) prevacid, Prilosec or tagamet because bile reflux which isn't painful can also cause it. You need to see a GI for endoscopy and follow up. ...Read more

No: The vast majority are benign. It's good to check occasionally for little cancers that can develop. ...Read more

Possible: If you are asking if a person can get an infection in the esophagus, the answer is yes. Infection can occur in any part of the body. If you are asking about esophagitis, it does not have to be an actual infection caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus, or parasite. It can mean irritation of the esophageal mucosa from recurrent exposure to refluxed stomach acid, mostly affecting the lower esophagus. ...Read more

Watch , ablate: If high grade dysplasia then radiofrequency ablation should be done. If only low grade dysplasia or no dysplasia then we monitor with serial endoscopies. ...Read more

Need to see a Doc: For a thorough exam, history and testing. There some autoimmune/rheumatoid diseases that can present with elbow rashes and esophagitis. My best recommendation would be to see your primary to see if it is autoimmune, allergies or simply two isolated symptoms happening at the same time. I hope this helps! ...Read more

Tube: The esophagus is the muscular tube that connects the back of the throat to the stomach. The esophagus pushes food along similar to a snake swallowing a golf ball. There are two sphincters in the esophagus, one separating the esophagus from the back of the throat, and a lower sphincter separating the esophagus from the stomach. ...Read more

Precancerous entity: Barrett's esophagus occurs when metaplastic columnar epithelium (that predisposes to cancer development) replaces the normal tissue of the esophagus. ...Read more