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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rooted
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Posted: 09-09-08 04:30am
Have you seen an ENT specialist?
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myohio
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 32 Location: ohio
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?