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Suggest Remedy For Problem In Swallowing

For about 25 years or so (starting at age 12) I have had issues swallowing. It comes and goes sporadically, and doesn’t seem to be 100% based on stressful situations, nor does it only happen with certain foods. However, meats and breads seem to stick more often than other foods. I chew thoroughly and it sometimes happens after drinking immediately after swallowing yet sometime I don’t drink and it still gets stuck. I have forced myself to regurgitate all previously eaten food, yet it still stays stuck, and I’ve tried to force it down with water, sometimes successfully and others it becomes violently worse. It feels like a tennis match sometimes as it tries to force it down, it reaches a spot and I hear a gurgling noise and then it comes back up a couple inches or so and then after several seconds it tries to go down again. It’s getting extremely old and I really would like to get rid of it already. One final note, way back in my teens they thought it was a stricter and tried dilating it several times, but it never really stopped it due to the sporadic nature of the incidents. Please help!!
Tue, 31 Mar 2020
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Hi,

Noted your history of something ball like in throat that comes and goes.
The best solution for such problems is as follows:
Consult an ENT Surgeon to get an ENT Endoscopy to start and Upper GI Endoscopy if possible.
Also get Barium swallow done.
If there is a positive finding in these investigations, you will be treated accordingly.
If all the investigations are normal then consult a Psychiatrist for evaluation, counselling and management as this is then a sycho-somatic problem.
Do not over treat, do not regurgitate as the stomach acid can cause additional problems.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT and General Surgeon
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Suggest Remedy For Problem In Swallowing

Hi, Noted your history of something ball like in throat that comes and goes. The best solution for such problems is as follows: Consult an ENT Surgeon to get an ENT Endoscopy to start and Upper GI Endoscopy if possible. Also get Barium swallow done. If there is a positive finding in these investigations, you will be treated accordingly. If all the investigations are normal then consult a Psychiatrist for evaluation, counselling and management as this is then a sycho-somatic problem. Do not over treat, do not regurgitate as the stomach acid can cause additional problems. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT and General Surgeon