Solid Dysphagia: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Solid Dysphagia

dysphagia in the last 4 months. [scielo.edu.uy]

Case Reports: Two Tunisian boys aged respectively 14 and 9 years-old were admitted to investigate dysphagia for solid foods. [biomedscis.com]

These webs when concentric lead to dysphagia to solids. [japi.org]

Lower Esophageal Ring

Solid food dysphagia (difficulty swallowing solid food) most often occurs with rings less than 13 mm in diameter. [healthcentral.com]

Article / Publication Details First-Page Preview Abstract Schatzki’s or lower esophageal ring (LER) is one of the most common causes of solid food dysphagia. [karger.com]

Patients tend to report symptoms such as dysphagia to solid foods and prior intake of gastroesophageal reflux-related medication that had no effect. [symptoma.com]

Esophageal Stenosis

All patients had chronic solid food dysphagia, some since early childhood. [mayoclinic.pure.elsevier.com]

She underwent four endoscopic balloon dilatations that then allowed her to swallow solid food with intermittent mild dysphagia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Here we report the case of a 9-month old female infant who presented intermittent vomiting, dysphagia and refusal of solid foods starting after weaning. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Esophageal Achalasia

Patients present with dysphagia for both solids and liquids, which differentiates it from dysphagias that only involve solids and are characteristic of tumors of the gastroesophageal [symptoma.com]

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 [medicinenet.com]

Patients usually describe a progressive (worsening) of swallowing ( dysphagia ) for solid and liquid food over a period of many months to years. [medicinenet.com]

Nutcracker Esophagus

Solid and liquid food dysphagia suggests a neuromuscular disorder, whereas solid food dysphagia only suggests a structural problem causing mechanical obstruction. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Classically, mechanical obstruction presents with predominantly solid food dysphagia (meat, bread), and motility disorders usually are associated with liquid and solid dysphagia [clinicaladvisor.com]

Motor abnormalities may not be present with every swallow, so dysphagia may seem to wax and wane. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Esophageal Spasms

Diffuse esophageal spasm typically causes substernal chest pain with nonprogressive dysphagia and odynophagia for both liquids and solids. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Solid and liquid food dysphagia suggests a neuromuscular disorder, whereas solid food dysphagia only suggests a structural problem causing mechanical obstruction. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Progressive dysphagia for both solids and liquids is the major symptom of achalasia; other symptoms include regurgitation, chest pain, and nocturnal cough. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Esophageal Obstruction

The median dysphagia score dropped from 3 (able to eat liquids only) to 1 (some dysphagia with solid food), and seven of the eight patients had an improvement of at least [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In malignant lesions, the dysphagia to solids is the initial symptom, progressing to semi-solids and finally to liquids. [symptoma.com]

[…] food dysphagia positively associated with resolution of symptoms with glucagon (p 2004 USA222 patients presenting to ED with oesophageal food bolus obstruction 106 patients [bestbets.org]

Esophagitis

What are the other causes of dysphagia for solid food? [idahogastro.com]

Symptoms The most common eosinophilic esophagitis symptoms are dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) mostly with solid food. [memorialhermann.org]

Many people experience chest pain, difficulty swallowing solid food (dysphagia), and heartburn as a result of EoE. [stanfordhealthcare.org]

Neoplasm of the Esophagus

Most patients will clinically present with dysphagia, regurgitation of solids or liquids, aspiration, and/or heartburn between the ages of 30 and 60. [cancertherapyadvisor.com]

It is usually asymptomatic until an advanced disease stage with common presenting symptoms being dysphagia (at first with solids then progressing to fluids) and weight loss [orpha.net]

> Case Report A 55-year-old woman presented with two months duration of dysphagia for solid food. She had no significant past medical history. [cancerjournal.net]

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

[…] food dysphagia requires aggressive PPI treatment or surgery Please rate topic. [step2.medbullets.com]

Presence of persistent daily solid food dysphagia, unplanned weight loss over ten pounds, esophageal bleeding, or vomiting more than once per week). [clinicaltrials.gov]

Increases in esophagogastric transit time of liquid barium and solid boluses correlate positively with the presence of postoperative dysphagia. [11] Degree of confidence The [emedicine.com]

Zenker Diverticulum

[…] to solids; score 2, dysphagia to semi-solids; score 3, dysphagia to liquids; score 4, aphagia). [eurekalert.org]

Dysphagia is the main symptom of Killian-Jamieson diverticulum, particularly for solid foods (3). [rb.org.br]

During infancy, dysphagia lusoria may manifest itself as a combination of dysphagia and dyspnea while among adults its symptoms are most often dysphagia associated with solid [scielo.org.co]

Foreign Body in the Esophagus

She became symptomatic 2 years before presentation, but presented for treatment when dysphagia to both solids and liquids developed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case N°3: It's B.S., child of 3 years and 2 months complaining of drool and dysphagia for solid foods for about 14 months. [jorl.net]

Case Report A 29-year-old female presented with progressive dysphagia since 2 months. [mjdrdypu.org]

Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy

Here, we report the case of a 53-year-old female who suffered from progressive dysphagia and experienced several choking events involving solid material. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

At 52 years of age, the patient reported the onset of dysphagia (choking on solid foods, need to clear his throat, and fluid intake after food intake). [scielo.br]

Palabras clave: Distrofia muscular Óculo-faríngea Ptosis Disfagia Full Text Case Report A 78-year-old female attended our clinic complaining of dysphagia for solids–especially [elsevier.es]

Esophageal Candidiasis

What are the other causes of dysphagia for solid food? [medicinenet.com]

She initially had dysphagia only for solid foods, but it has now progressed to liquids as well. [shmabstracts.com]

Her emesis and dysphagia to solids started to improve immediately. [journals.lww.com]

Esophageal Carcinoma

Malignancies of the esophagus most often present as progressive dysphagia (solids first, then liquids) and can therefore be confused with any disease associated with dysphagia [clinicaladvisor.com]

When the lumen diameter is decreased to 13 mm, everyone has solid food or regular diet dysphagia. [gastrointestinalatlas.com]

Symptoms of Esophageal Cancer Esophageal cancer can be associated with a variety of symptoms, including: Difficulty swallowing solid or liquid materials (dysphagia) Indigestion [nyp.org]

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Patients with bulbar onset ALS usually present with dysarthria and dysphagia for solid or liquids, and limbs symptoms can develop almost simultaneously with bulbar symptoms [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients with bulbar onset ALS usually present with dysarthria and dysphagia for solids or liquids. [orpha.net]

Acute Catarrhal Tonsillitis

[…] for solid? [slideshare.net]

[…] any feeling in the throat, ranging from dryness to actual pain – important to ascertain the precise nature of sore throat & severity early in clinical history Severity – dysphagia [slideshare.net]

Jugular Foramen Syndrome

After 6 months, she gradually developed dysphagia for both solids and liquids, diminished vocal tone, and weakness in the left shoulder. [elsevier.es]

There is weakness of the superior constriction of the pharynx with dysphagia for solids; paralysis of soft palate with associated anaesthesia of this and of the pharynx; loss [jnnp.bmj.com]

Polymyositis

CASE REPORT A male patient, 37 years old, was admitted with signs of anasarca, progressive muscle weakness, dysphagia to solids, and development of asthenia for 45 days. [scielo.br]

Myasthenia Gravis

Subsequently, in the course of a urinary infection treated with ciprofloxacin, she presented with vertical diplopia, respiratory distress and dysphagia for solids. [revistanefrologia.com]

Chronic Tonsillitis

Chronic infection of the palatine tonsils exhibits different manifestations in children and adults. 4. 1 - Chronic tonsillitis in children Chronic tonsillitis in children is secondary to a local immunological disturbance during the first few years of life and can be favored through inappropriate antibiotic treatments.[…] [campus.cerimes.fr]

Sjögren Syndrome

Sjogren's syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltrates in exocrine organs. It is named after Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren. The early symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome can be easily overlooked. The main clinical presentation in adults is xerophthalmia and xerostomia. In[…] [symptoma.com]

Dysphagia Lusoria

A 45-year-old, otherwise healthy woman with a 1-year history of progressive solid dysphagia was referred to our hospital. [revespcardiol.org]

A 42-year-old woman was seen for evaluation of solid dysphagia immediately after the initial swallow. Her symptoms were tolerable with dietary modification. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma

It appears as a solid mass in the centre of the neck, associated with vocal cord paralysis and dysphonia in 77% of cases, dysphagia in 56%, and adenopathy in 54%. [ecancer.org]

Huntington Disease

To save this word, you'll need to log in. Hun·ting·ton's disease | \ ˈhən-tiŋ-tənz- \ variants: or less commonly Huntington disease or Huntington's chorea : a hereditary brain disorder that is a progressive, neurodegenerative condition marked especially by impairments in thinking and reasoning, disturbances of[…] [merriam-webster.com]

Corkscrew Esophagus

[…] to both solids and liquids Esophageal stenosis: Dysphagia to solids but not liquids Esophageal strictures Solid food dysphagia in a patient with a history of GERD, Esophageal [smartypance.com]

dysphagia and chest pain; “corkscrew” appearance on barium esophagography and manometry Peptic stricture Progressive dysphagia, initially to solids only; associated with [aafp.org]

Dysphagia to solids and liquids and chest pain are the usual presenting symptoms. [nature.com]

Wilson Disease

Wilson disease is a genetic disorder characterized by the accumulation of copper due to mutations of ceruloplasmin, which is involved in its transport and excretion. Hepatic, neurologic and psychiatric symptoms may be encountered. The diagnosis is made by biochemical studies that determine values of copper in urine[…] [symptoma.com]

Mediastinal Abscess

A 76-year-old man who had undergone tricuspid annuloplasty 13 years earlier was admitted to our hospital because of a high fever. Although he was treated with antibiotics for pneumonia, a mild fever persisted. Computed tomography and gallium scintigraphy revealed a mediastinal abscess with an expanded[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Chronic Fibrous Thyroiditis

Concepts Disease or Syndrome ( T047 ) ICD10 E06.5 SnomedCT 89024000, 237540002, 190298005 English THYROIDITIS CHRONIC, Reidel's thyroiditis, Riedel's thyroiditis (diagnosis), THYROIDITIS CHRONIC RIEDELS, Riedel thyroiditis, reidel struma, riedel thyroiditis, invasive fibrous thyroiditis, riedels thyroiditis, riedel's thyroiditis,[…] [fpnotebook.com]

Botulism

Botulinum toxin ingestion leads to a clinical syndrome characterised by cranial nerve palsies, oculobulbar weakness, and descending, symmetrical flaccid paralysis in the absence of fever. Affected patients do not complain of sensory deficits. The diagnosis of botulism is a clinical one, confirmed by the detection of[…] [bestpractice.bmj.com]