I woke up the other morning with the feeling like I hadn’t swallowed a pill all the way and since then it’s been feeling that way
I have no other symptoms other than that.
Edit: I am been burping more than usual but other than that there’s nothing more that I have noticed
I’ve had dysphagia since November 2025. It wasn’t severe and only affected me with certain foods like potatoes and bread. As recently as last week I could eat most things. All of a sudden on Saturday I wasn’t able to eat my chick fil a biscuit sandwich because my throat kept refusing to swallow the food and ever since then it’s become severe. Just 5 days later, today, I am unable to even have puréed squash soup without difficulties. It’s like the issue starts in my mouth, where the food doesn’t feel safe to swallow. My mouth and throat feel too small. I get extreme anxiety when I chew and I have to force the swallow. The only thing I can handle right now are thin liquids. I think it’s related to sinusitis, which I’ve had for a year now and causes a lot of mucus and post nasal drip. I sometimes struggle to swallow just my spit and I have to swallow a lot.
I’m literally starving, I haven’t eaten a full meal in 5 days, and I’m close to a mental breakdown. I had a blood and urine test the other day and there were ketones in my urine. And now I think I’ve developed food aversion because when I’m attempting to eat, I’ll get the choking sensation and suddenly my desire to eat goes away, even if I’m actively starving. I’m sitting here after giving up on my squash soup, shaking from hunger and exhaustion. Just feeling so so hopeless. I’m seeing my ent next week but I don’t know if I can handle another 5 days like this. I’m considering going to the ER. I could probably do an endoscopy at any point because I’m essentially fasting already.
So it’s the second time this has happened to me over the past 2 months. The first time was scary because I was eating and all the sudden it’s almost like I forgot how to swallow for 10 seconds and i thought i was going to choke. After 10 seconds control came back and I was able to swallow again.
This time I wasn’t eating anything I just tried to swallow my saliva and again same sensation, for 10 seconds I couldn’t swallow. I tried taking a deep breath and trying again, and I still could not do it (I’d describe it as trying to use a muscle you know exists but for a split second your body tells you it doesn’t). But soon after it started working again.
Is this anxiety related or is it something more serious? Curious if anyone has also dealt with this.
So I sent my gastro nurse practitioner a my chart message . Asking if I can please have the scope done in place of the Dysmotility Manometry . I didn’t know this was offered until last night when I was reading the posts. My anxiety won’t allow me to sit for the other test. I don’t want to say old fashioned.
Anyway , she acted surprised when I asked. Because she didn’t offer it to me. If I wouldn’t have read these threads I would have had no idea.
She gave me my test results via my chart and said what the next steps were. Which were those two tests (ph)
How do they perform the PH test do that put that in after the scope is finished . While I’m under?
My therapist and psychiatrist work at the same hospital and looked at her notes. And my psychiatrist said “they can see you’re a psyche patient and the diagnosis. She should have scheduled me for scope . “.
I was able to blend my chicken tonight . It was gross but idc. I was craving meat it’s been three months .
I had that and pierogis the only thing I ate really fast I am paying the price. It hurts . I’m drinking water. Just so everyone knows I binge eat and I believe this is why I ended up having my issue . This is the first day I binged in 4 months . I’m hungry ! I won’t do it again the burning and pain , also feels like food is stuck . I learned my lesson. Maybe I can’t eat puréed chicken . Or I ate too much.
Ello Reddit peeps this is one of my first posts. I see my specialist next month and I need tips on what to discuss with him. I (20F) am chronically ill and have many neurological and coordination disorders. I have had chronic GURD since birth and have been on Pepcid for 10 years with little improvement (none of my docs believe that enough to switch my prescription or do anything else). I’ve had trouble swallowing and drinking my whole life. I choke on water often and have to clear my throat whenever I eat constantly. In the past 6 months whenever I choke on a drink (multiple times a week) I start gaging and sometimes puke along with choking. Food is also getting harder to swallow, I can feel it tight all the way down to my stomach. And sometimes it’s just hard to swallow and I feel it all the way down just swallowing my spit. Is there any testing I should get from my specialist? Is this dysphagia?
2 years ago a man hit me in the throat and I instantly experienced pain and discomfort when swallowing, fortunately no breathing problems.
The days after my voice went deeper with some hoarseness. I had a laryngoscopy 2 days later and they said me everything looked normal, but I felt something wasn't right. I started to experience vocal fatigue and the dysphagia slowly improved but I often choked when trying to swallow liquids, I thought it was me. I had another laringoscopy 1 month later and they said me it was reflux caused by anxiety and gave me some meds.
After that, things slowly improved, I stopped having difficulties with swallowing liquids, but for me my voice range never returned the same. Then I had mononucleosis last year with a very painful sore throat and enlarged lymphonodes.
I did another visit (stroboscopy this time) last month and again, the phisician said it's normal and that I probably have developed muscle tension dysphonia. I think this doesn't make very much sense and more probably I have some nerve damage caused by the physical trauma or the mono. I checked my throat in the mirror and I saw I have a long and deviated uvula that get more crooked at the end when I say "AH" (soft palate seems ok), so I fear I have some vagus nerve disfunction.
Currently, I still experience vocal fatigue and if I stress my voice a little bit more I feel burning in my throat and a sense of discomfort. When I swallow I feel something scratching where the Adam's apple is. Singing became much more difficult and it's almost painful. I did an MRI (for other purposes) and everything is normal. TSH reflex normal. From blood exams I have other deficiencies but I'm already addressing them.
Right now I started to see a speech therapist to try to do something but he said that I don't have tension in my neck although one side seems "softer" than the other. So I think I have superior laryngeal and vagus nerve damage. I'm depressed and don't know what to do. If I have nerve damage, there's something I can do or do I have to live with it? There's something else treatable I can have? Thanks
image of the latest stroboscopy
Unfortunately I don't have the stroboscopy video yet
Howdy guys,
I recently scored my dream job, private chef for an assisted living home. I’m currently cooking for a majority of folks who have dysphagia and I’m wanting to up my puréed diet game. I love the challenge of plating puréed foods and making them look appetizing again.
Does anyone know of a good cookbook for puréed foods? Or any good resources? I really care for my residents and want to give them the best of the best but am struggling to find any resources that aren’t ai slop.
Much appreciated!
Hi all.
I’ve been struggling with swallowing solid food for a few weeks and because of it haven’t consumed hardly any fiber which I used to consume regularly before this condition disrupted my life.
I’ve been surviving off hard boiled eggs, tuna, protein shakes, muffins, broth, yogurt and I’ve really been wanting to get in some fruits and vegetables through smoothies preferably. If anyone has any dysphagia safe, high fiber smoothie recipes (2-4 ingredients preferably) I’d greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
ETA: Error in title. Supposed to say Dysphagia not Dysphasia.
Hello everyone ,
How many people have ALOT of gas? Ever since my biopsy (endo scope) I have really bad gas lol.
I’m supposed to go on a date this weekend. 🤣🤣 any ideas how to stop it . Sounds like a trumpet lol. I have mylanta i don’t think it works .
The nurse practitioner switched my meds from Prilosec to Nexium . Because my success with Prilosec was working.
I’m recommended the next step of tests .
If anyone has suggestion for gas I would be forever grateful!
Hi folks,
I had my first upper endoscopy yesterday under moderate sedation.
What was done:
• Biopsy at cervical inlet patch (18cm from incisors)
• Upper and lower oesophageal biopsies (4cm and 14cm above Z-line) to exclude EoE
• Random stomach biopsies
• 5mm fundic gland polyp removed
What I’m experiencing since yesterday evening:
• Painful swallowing at throat level, mid-chest, and upper abdomen and the pain sometimes refers to the sides and upper back for a few seconds
• No pain at rest and no fever
• Notable globus with meals and dysphagia (but this was there prior to the scope as well)
Weirdly, water hurts more than thicker liquids like soups.
Currently eating soft foods and liquids only, even though the discharge paper said I could resume normal diet.
Just wondering if anyone has been through something similar and if you have any tips that helped you recover faster?
Thanks a bunch in advance 🙏
My husband has had a swallowing problem for as long as he can remember. He literally needs to have a drink when he eats to “wash the food down”. He also frequently clears his throat after he eats, makes snorting sounds when he breathes sometimes, and snores literally all night long. It was the final straw recently when I had to do the heimlich on him twice in a year, once in our kitchen and another time at a restaurant in front of like 100 people (none of which came to help or check on us). Now that I’m 5 months pregnant, I am rapidly becoming more useless if I were to have to do this again because my belly is getting bigger and I’m honestly terrified he’s going to choke and die one day. I finally got him to set up an appointment at the ENT, but wanted to post on here too and see if this is something any of you deal with and if you’ve found any solutions?
Hello everyone ,
I’m taking 40 mg of Prilosec from the gastro doctor . I have been scoped and an esophagram. I have MTHRFKR and Pepcid stops the making of hystamine . Does anyone take both . What time of day . I have been taking mylanta in the morning . The pain is awful. My voice is horse and hard to talk (gerd most likely) I take mylanta after dinner . It does work . I wish the NP would message or call me back . I’m trying to get the PH and the other test scheduled . My neighbor is taking off work and she needs to tell her boss. I feel bad asking ppl to lose days .
Hi im 18 and since a kid id have the occassional globus sensation type of incident swallowing something thinking its stuck and hurting for about a few days and also regurgatating and picking out bits from miuth (this was never helped by the fact im Autistic, not the best chewer yk having naturally crooked teeth +the fillings (no i likely wont be able to get braces btw and am past the point i can do it without immense struggle/pain) and struggle with life in general but overall it felt mostly manageable and that i could go my life maybe) however recently ever since ive been dealing with my seperate newly occuring motility issues(urinary incontince,bloating,constipation, using horrible sachets sometimes etc wich is only as of feb19th and eating smaller portions and scared of food) i have been having more and more cases of struggling to swallow or eat normally as well as i did prior to those conditions happening. It also lasts for much longer each time and is almost all meals now and when having a hot green tea i scolded my throat then got a alcoholic burn for age and that likely didnt help. It feels sharp to swallow sometimes and my neck muscles also feel hurt. Im worried because my current throat problems are also gonna mess and get in the way of my other issues and having them both makes it feel like im being tag teamed by horrible conditions at just 18.
I wont ask about the other stuff since this isnt that sub but for the throat problem do you believe i can return to normal with that? I worry this may become a lifelong problem.
I do greatly wish the best for us all as this severely impacts daily life alot more then others realize due to food being so prevelent in our lives especially since i always used to use it as a form of family bonding and learning my culinary skills and dreams wich i feel are dead atm, i really would like someone to talk to and relate with and hopefully both us and all here will get out of our situations.
How long does a swallowing problem take to improve after a stroke?
My father had a stroke 5 months ago. He was in the hospital for one month, and after coming home we started giving him food orally, so we had the feeding tube removed about 3 months ago. After that, he developed sepsis and went into shock due to aspiration. There were no warning symptoms—he suddenly had seizures. Fortunately, he recovered within a week.
Now we tried to start feeding him orally again little by little, but he developed fever and cough. We consulted a doctor and got an HRCT scan done, which showed an infection in the lower right lung, most likely due to aspiration.
We already did a FEES test, which showed that he can handle food, but has difficulty with thin liquids. There is no facility for a modified barium swallow test where I live. He can not do ibtentiommnal swollow due to low cognition.
Now what should we do? We are scared to give him anything orally. He is often drowsy sleeps nearly 19 hours but when we feed him, we take all precautions—we make him alert and sit him upright. Still, he coughs a lot while eating.
What should we do? How long does this issue usually take to resolve? He is 67 years old.
