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lngo365

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Difficulty Swallowing food/ dysphagia
Posted: 09-05-08 18:48pm

Hello,

I'm a healthy 26 y/o female and for the last 4 weeks have had difficulty swallowing foods. The first time this happened was a year ago and I wasn't able to swallow noodles. After a few hours, I was able to eat again and was back to normal. The second time this happened was a month ago and was trying to swallow a chip and had the feeling like I couldn't inititate a swallow. It's the feeling similar to if you swallow 3 times non stop, by the fourth time, you aren't able to swallow right away. I thought it was due to stress because of my wedding a week later, but it's been 4 weeks and I haven't been able to eat anything. Even if I take a little nibble out of a croissant, it's so hard for me to swallow, and if I do when I don't think about it, my entire throat muscles hurt so much. Sometimes drinking liquids is tough, but I think it's bc I think about it too much. I just came back from my honeymoon in Greece and was so sad because all I could eat was milkshakes. I've researched a lot about this and don't understand why I have dysphagia. I don't have GERD, chest pain, cerebral palsy, anxiety, Alzheimers, a stroke, OCD, depression, etc... or any type of medical condition. I'm a very healthy person. Will this condition go away? I feel that if I continue to not be able to eat, I may become very depressed. Is there any medication or therapy for this? Please help! I want to get better! Thanks in advance.
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Posted: 09-09-08 04:30am

Have you seen an ENT specialist?
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myohio

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Posted: 09-13-08 07:26am

I have been experiencing the same thing for about 2 weeks now! Not able to swallow hardly anything and now I'm extremely anxious about eating which makes it ten times worse. My doc thinks its effects of my tmj, but I've also been sick the psat two weeks, today my throat kinda hurts. I hope it goes away soon as I am very afraid its something bad. Anyone have any ideas?
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