DYSPHAGIA

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Dysphagia - swallowing disorder as a result of violation of passage of food through the esophagus from the pharynx to the stomach. Patients with complain of a feeling of "being stuck" food on the way down, often painful. The reason may be: 1) mechanical obstruction in the upper digestive tract (esophagitis, ulceration of the walls, cancer , cicatricial stenosis of the esophagus, compression of his mediastinal tumor or aneurysm of the aorta leading to disruption of swallowing solid food due to a decrease in the esophageal lumen) or 2) functional spasm esophagus (gullet dyskinesia results in a reduction of smooth muscles and difficulty swallowing both solids and liquid food). Pathology predpischevodnoy area (inflammatory and neoplastic lesions of the language, the pharynx, the violation of their innervation in diseases of the nervous system or muscles (myositis, myasthenia gravis , etc.) Can also lead to frustration swallowing.

Severe long-term dysphagia causes depletion may contribute to secondary diseases of the digestive system.