Dysphagia or difficulty swallowing usually indicates some disorder of the esophagus. An accurate, detailed history can suggest the cause of dysphagia and can enable the physician to define the cause ...

This sixty-nine-year-old man had suffered from intermittent dysphagia for four years. After a bread-barium swallow (not shown here), he complained of dysphagia, and the bread could not be seen ...

A patient recently told me they’ve been having some problems swallowing lately. What can cause this? Swallowing is a pretty complex body function. It starts in the oral phase, when food is moistened ...

Fluoroscopy shows that on swallowing, the barium column moves down the esophagus. Such barium movement occurs largely due to passive forces in the esophagus and is very marked in the upright position.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 94-year-old father has been having trouble swallowing lately. He tries to expel any food by inducing himself to vomit, but it is very difficult. We looked up his esophagus symptoms, ...

MITCHELL, S.D. — Swallowing is a complex process. Using roughly 30 pairs of muscles working in perfect coordination, a person will swallow around 600 times each day, often without noticing. Yet ...