Difficulty Swallowing

What is Difficulty Swallowing?

The inability to swallow food or pills, or liquids, without any problems to get into the stomach is known as difficulty swallowing or dysphagia. You can also have a sense that there is something caught in your throat or chest and it might be unpleasant or even painful. The coding code in medical term of dysphagia is R13.

Common Symptoms

The problems with swallowing may manifest themselves in various ways. Look out for:

• Subjective perception of something stuck in the throat or the chest.
• Lucid, coughing, or gagging during intake of drink or food.
• Several painful sensations when swallowing.
• Over drooling or control problems time.
• Vomiting of foodstuffs or fluid.
• Unintended weight loss

Causes

This complication may cause difficulty with swallowing, which may be caused by a problem in the muscles, nerves, or constitution of the throat and esophagus:

• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or esophageal strictures.
• Follow-up of esophaginal dilation- interim soreness.
• Neurological diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, etc.)
• Hypertrophic thyroid bulging on the esophagus.
• Stress/anxiety that leads to tightening of muscles on the throat.
• Problems with pills or a dry mouth that causes problems in swallowing pills.

Treatment Options for Difficulty Swallowing in Jersey Village

Therapies, dietary modifications, procedures, medications are used as treatment:

• Swallow therapy: Practice containing exercises in collaboration with a speech-language pathologist in order to exercise the muscles of the throat and enhance coordination.
• Diet changes: Switching to softer foods, purees or thickened liquids to make swallowing safer and easier.
• Endoscopy with dilation: This involves a rigid procedure where a set of narrowing sections of the esophagus are opened up by the use of a fiber-optic scope.
• Medications: Proton pump inhibitors or H 2 blockers to acid reflux, and thyroid drugs in case a goiter is providing compression.
• Surgery: Surgery Surgery to fix strictures, tumors, or structural defects such as those in the throat or esophagus.
• Botox injections: Botox toxin injected in tight muscles of the throat and used to relieve a throat spasm, as well as to enhance swallowing.