Cant swallow properly

[porter89xxx]

Hi everyone i just thought i would write this forum to see if anyone could help me, for last 2 days when i have been eating i cant swallow the food properly i get a pain as it goes down like in the area down where the adams apple is like it is scraping something, yesterday i had something to eat and it irritated it and i was sick, it just feels like a sharp dry pain also the other day i kept spitting blood up and am not sure if anyone knows what this could be a ulcer etc please help

 

[Crohn's 35]

Not sure porter but it could be a hiatus hernia, I have one but it doesnt bleed. I would get an endoscopy done and soon. Could be scar tissue, could be alot of things, dont chance it. Talk to your gi about soon ok.

 

[kello82]

hey ok so i am 99% sure that you have esophageal ulcers.
i have these and it is EXACTLY what youre describing.

except i have never spit up blood, at least i dont think so.


GO to your GI, tell him the problem, and request an edoscopy. (where they stick the camera down your throat instead up up yer butt)
i think this is the best way for them to dx esophageal ulcers.
usually when mine start acting up i take a Medrol Pack (5 day run of pred, no side effects, dont worry) and that helps a LOT.


if it gets so bad that you cannot eat or drink, you should really be admitted into the hospy, at least you wont have to worry about forcefeeding yourself.
up to you if/when you think that step is necessary.

however, when eating, i have found it VERY helpful to eat like this.
put a small bite of food in your mouth, take a small sip of whatever youre drinking, and kind of swish things around in there until it gets to be....slimey? lol when the saliva coats over everything and makes a nice glob, it is SO much better to swallow that.
just keep working it around in your mouth until your saliva has taken over k?
i promise you, it is worth the time and annoyance of eating like a weirdo, it really helps with the pain.

 

[Keona]

I have this pain also when I am eating - especially something like a muffin or bread, etc. Like Kelly suggested, this is what I have to do..take small bites and chew really well and I have to use water to wash it down. I don't throw up blood so I don't know if it is the same thing. Mine is because of GERD which can often make your esophagus narrow. Makes me cringe thinking of the pain of it going down.
Hope you figure out what the blood is all about - that's not good!
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[Guest]

i've had this too.... at least i think it sounds like what i had - which was diagnosed by my gp as being esophagitis... every swallow resulted in an unbearable sharp stab of pain which went through from the middle of my chest to my back.. he put me on a medication called Protium - absolutely amazing little pill.. it sorted me out very quickly.