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Dysphagia
(redirected from Esophageal dysphagia)

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dysphagia [dis′fā·jə]
(medicine)
Difficulty in swallowing, or inability to swallow, of organic or psychic causation.

Dysphagia 

difficulty in the act of swallowing.

The causes of dysphagia are inflammations of the oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and mediastinum; foreign bodies; cicatricial stenoses and tumors; and certain nervous conditions. Swallowing is difficult or impossible and painful. Food or liquid get into the nose, larynx, and trachea. Dysphagia is treated by eliminating the primary condition.



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If a pharyngeal and/or an esophageal dysphagia is suspected, then a child may be referred for further medical tests.
Geriatric patients are susceptible to esophageal dysphagia resulting from both obstructing and neuromuscular disorders.
Objectives: The role of empiric esophageal dilation in improving esophageal dysphagia with nonobstructive esophageal lumen is not clear.
 
 
 
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