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Digestive Disorders |
Food Goes Down Slowly & Sticks on the Way01/20/2010 |
Why when I eat solid food, I swallow the food & it takes a slow decent down, stopping at breastbone. I need to stand up and I feel like I am going to choke. I am breathing through my nose, but it scares me. It will then go down and I feel it move to my stomach. Why do I get this? I am a 48 year old female mother of 8. I am a bit overweight, but it`s not severe, and have no other issues. Maybe once last year I had a blockage of my small intestine due to a rip in the wall of the round ligament. They pushed the intestine out and sutured the tear. They said it was from a previous pregnancy. Please help me. Thank you.
Food sticking, or dysphagia as it is medically known, needs evaluated with either a barium swallow (x-ray) or an upper endoscopy. It is likely a benign process such as a hiatal hernia or narrowing caused by reflux. But it can also mean something more serious like a stricture or a tumor. Your primary care doctor can order the x-ray or refer to a gastroenterologist.
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Annette Kyprianou, MD Senior Clinical Instructor of Medicine School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |
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