I am 19 years old and have been having difficulty swallowing for about 7 months now. It is not painful at all but it is scary. Every time I eat I come close to choking. I'm scared to eat without anyone else around. Once I actually swallow everything is fine. My food goes down fine and it doesn't get stuck or anything. My problem is initiating the swallow. I feel like I'm pushing my food down. So far, I've had a EGD, Barium Swallow, Manometry, 24 hour pH test, CT Scan of my brain, and they had me on some heartburn medicine. None of these tests showed anything. The Speech Pathologist that did my Barium Swallow test, though, said she could tell that I was forcing my food down. Other than that, they've found nothing. I have to wait one month before I go back. Do you have any idea what it could be? It's so frustrating doing all these tests with needles and tubes and none of them showing anything.
Posted by AliNicole
I am 19 years old and have been having difficulty swallowing for about 7 months now. It is not painful at all but it is scary. Every time I eat I come close to choking. I'm scared to eat without anyone else around. Once I actually swallow everything is fine. My food goes down fine and it doesn't get stuck or anything. My problem is initiating the swallow. I feel like I'm pushing my food down. So far, I've had a EGD, Barium Swallow, Manometry, 24 hour pH test, CT Scan of my brain, and they had me on some heartburn medicine. None of these tests showed anything. The Speech Pathologist that did my Barium Swallow test, though, said she could tell that I was forcing my food down. Other than that, they've found nothing. I have to wait one month before I go back. Do you have any idea what it could be? It's so frustrating doing all these tests with needles and tubes and none of them showing anything.