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* Endoscopy (acute and chronic mechanical obstructions)
* Endoscopy (acute and chronic mechanical obstructions)
* Speech therapy (ALS and stroke patients)
* Speech therapy (ALS and stroke patients)
== Pharmacotherapy ==
* Proton pump inhibitors or promotility agents, weight loss, avoidance of offending foods (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
* Anticholinergics (ALS, stroke, lower esophageal spasms)
* Muscarinic agents (myasthenia gravis)
* Glucocorticoids (myasthenia gravis and polymyositis)
* Antispasmodics, botulinum toxin injection (lower esophageal spasm)


== Surgery and Device Based Therapy ==  
== Surgery and Device Based Therapy ==  

Revision as of 04:36, 3 April 2013

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]

Synonyms and keywords: painful swallowing, pain during swallowing

Overview

Diagnosis

Treatment

  • Endoscopy (acute and chronic mechanical obstructions)
  • Speech therapy (ALS and stroke patients)

Surgery and Device Based Therapy

  • Thoracic surgery, possible balloon dilation (chronic mechanical obstruction)

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