What causes progressive dysphagia?
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What causes progressive dysphagia?
Progressive motility dysphagia disorders include scleroderma or achalasia with chronic heartburn, regurgitation, respiratory problems, or weight loss. Intermittent mechanical dysphagia is likely to be an esophageal ring. Progressive mechanical dysphagia is most likely due to peptic stricture or esophageal cancer.
What is intermittent dysphagia?
Typically the patient describes intermittent dysphagia of sudden onset, separated by symptom-free periods (without swallowing difficulty). Symptoms are often greatest with tough and difficult-to-chew foods. Patients may describe particular problems with foods generally considered to be soft, such as pasta or bread.
What is non progressive dysphagia?
Intermittent (Non-Progressive) Dysphagia Patients will often present with a history of difficulty swallowing solids. In some clinical scenarios, symptoms may manifest with food bolus impaction. In younger patients with non-progressive dysphagia, eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) should be considered.
Which patient complication is most commonly associated with dysphagia?
The most common complications of dysphagia are aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition and dehydration; other possible complications, such as intellectual and body development deficit in children with dysphagia, or emotional impairment and social restriction have not been studied thoroughly.
What is the difference between achalasia and dysphagia?
In achalasia, dysphagia usually occurs with both solid and liquid food, whereas in esophageal stricture and cancer, the dysphagia typically occurs only with solid food and not liquids, until very late in the progression of the stricture.
What is Plummer Vinson syndrome associated with?
Plummer-Vinson syndrome is a condition that can occur in people with long-term (chronic) iron deficiency anemia. People with this condition have problems swallowing due to small, thin growths of tissue that partially block the upper food pipe (esophagus).
What is functional dysphagia?
Functional dysphagia is characterized by the sensation of food sticking or feeling of delay in food passage through the esophagus. Globus is characterized by persistent or intermittent, non-painful sensation of a lump or foreign body in the throat without any structural lesion identified on workup.
What is neurological dysphagia?
Neurogenic dysphagia defines swallowing disorders caused by diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system, neuromuscular transmission, or muscles. Neurogenic dysphagia is one of the most common and at the same time most dangerous symptoms of many neurological diseases.