My acid reflux issue went away. I changed my diet and I take medicine. Why am I having trouble swallowing?
Kevin Ende, M.D. • July 6, 2020
My acid reflux issue went away. I changed my diet and I take medicine. Why am I having trouble swallowing?
At the Triological Society Meeting in San Diego California, some very important updates were discussed as well as reaffirmations of Dr. Ende’s current practice. For patients with continued dysphagia or trouble swallowing, additional workup is necessary. When we repeat your endoscopy in 3 months and see improvement in your reflux issue, we may need to order another test known as an esophagram or swallow study. This will let us look for other issues such as an extra pouch from your esophagus known as a zenker’s diverticulum. Most Zenker’s present differently than just an inability to swallow, but no always and a swallow study is necessary to check for this. Rarely, other issues are also uncovered by a swallow study. Its important to follow-up with Dr. Ende even if you have been told that your swallowing issue is only from reflux and there is nothing else you can do besides diet, lifestyle changes and medicine. This statement is simply false, and you certainly don’t want to miss a bigger issue that has a solution.
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