What are the causes of dysphagia?
Dysphagia is the medical term of swallowing difficulties. Swallowing becomes difficult because the muscles responsible for chewing and swallowing become uncoordinated. As a result, whatever you eat or drink goes down the wrong way and some times reaches the lungs instead of stomach (micro aspiration). This causes chest infections and even pneumonia in some cases.
Causes of dysphagia
- Neurological degeneration
- Stroke
- Esophageal ring
- Multiple sclerosis
- Radiation
- Esophageal stricture
- Esophageal cancers
Consult Dr. Vedant Karvir, the Best Gastroenterologist in Mumbai practising at Globus Gastroenterology Hospital
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