Dysphagia or difficulty swallowing usually indicates some disorder of the esophagus. An accurate, detailed history can suggest the cause of dysphagia and can enable the physician to define the cause ...

Because iron deficiency anemia is a part of the syndrome, laboratory findings consistent with iron deficiency anemia are necessary for the diagnosis. The latter includes microcytic anemia with a low ...

A patient recently told me they’ve been having some problems swallowing lately. What can cause this? Swallowing is a pretty complex body function. It starts in the oral phase, when food is moistened ...

A hot dog nearly killed Joan Jacobson. When she stopped for a lunch break while shopping, a chunk of hot dog lodged in her throat and she began choking. An off-duty police officer came to her rescue ...

Dysphagia, or difficulty in swallowing can either develop suddenly over a short duration (acute) or may persist over a long period of time (chronic) A complete or a partial break in the continuity of ...

Four years ago, a 45-year-old woman was seen in the endocrine clinic complaining of 2 years of a hoarse voice and progressive dysphagia to solid foods with a “normal†nuclear thyroid scan and a 3.5 ...

Difficulty swallowing affects about one-third of patients with multiple sclerosis. Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, after a multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis is a common symptom and is estimated ...

Bracco Diagnostics announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Varibar Pudding (barium sulfate) oral paste for modified barium swallow (MBS) examinations to evaluate the oral ...

No one may think much about it if older relatives start gradually withdrawing from foods they once enjoyed or if their voices become huskier. Coughing while eating, mentions that foods don’t seem to ...