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Symptoms of disease - violation of swallowing
Swallowing belongs to one of the processes that you hardly even notice - until then, until they are violations.
You start to pay attention to this when you become uncomfortable is because you find it difficult to swallow write. You notice these disorders and then, when you have a strange sensations or a "tumor" in the throat.
Swallowing is as natural as breathing. During the swallowing muscles of the throat commit hundreds of movements during the day, when you eat, drink and swallow constantly formed saliva. During these processes is the relaxation of the circular muscles of the upper division of the esophageal - sphincter, thanks to which moves the contents of the oral cavity through the throat in the digestive system.
These processes run smoothly during the relaxation of the sphincter only in the absence of such factors as the tension, stress or fear, because of which arise spasms in the throat. No wonder there is an expression: "It's hard to swallow".
Which diseases there is violation of swallowing
Depending on the causes of the violation of contact is:
1. Mechanical or organic arises in the event of discrepancy of food and lumen of the esophagus.
2. Functional - occurs when a violation of peristalsis, relaxation.
Violation of swallowing problems may lead to serious consequences, such as the exhaustion of the body, weight loss, constant choking, cough and development of pneumonia.
Organic violation of swallowing problems related to mechanical pressure on the esophagus from the outside or from the inside:
1. Occlusion of the esophagus large piece of food or a foreign body.
2. Lumen narrowing of the esophagus may occur because of:
edema, that occurred on the background of the inflammatory process (tonsillitis, stomatitis, ezofagit);
- stenosis (pharynx and food);
damage and scarring (reflux disease, burns because of reception of tablets, after inflammations and operations);
- malignant (squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma) and malignant (polyps, lipoma, angiomas).
3. External pressure because of:
- cervical spondylitis;
- osteophytes vertebrae;
- diverticulum;
- enlargement of the thyroid gland;
- constriction of the blood vessels.
The most common organic causes of swallowing problems are:
- cancer of the esophagus;
- narrowing of - the narrowing of the esophagus due to scarring;
- stenosis - the narrowing of the walls of the esophagus, which usually equals to 4 cm in diameter.
Functional disorder of swallowing problems connected with violation of the work of muscles:
1. On the phase of the swallowing reflex with paralysis, language, violations of the sensitivity of, damage to the brain stem, the defeat of the tongue-glotocnogo nerves.
2. Disease of the muscles of the pharynx and the esophagus (stroke, neuro-muscular disease, injury, tetanus, rabies, paralysis).
3. The defeat of smooth muscles of the esophagus, which leads to weakness reductions or violations of relaxation (neuropathy, myopathy when alcoholism, diabetes mellitus; poisoning and side effects of drugs).
Swallowing large pieces of food can also lead to a violation of swallowing.
Approximately 50% of people suffering violation of swallowing, experienced a stroke.
Violation of swallowing is manifested not only in difficulties with swallowing, but also:
- cough during and after swallowing;
- the sense of lack of air in the process of swallowing;
- a feeling that food is stuck in the throat;
- pain and shortness of breath.
Other causes of the violation of swallowing:
- Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, chronic destructive inflammation of the lungs - can also lead to the emergence of dysphagia.
- At diseases of connective tissue (systemic sclerosis) difficulty swallowing may arise in any position of the body.
- Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the esophagus (esophagitis) often leads to short-term disruption of swallowing. - If the violation is compounded by swallowing or symptoms persist for several months, it is characteristic of cancer of the esophagus.
Treatment of violations of swallowing depends on the reasons of its occurrence.
The scale of assessment of symptoms violations of swallowing the patient:
0 - violations of ingesting no (normal diet without limitation)
1 - the ability to swallow liquid food and liquid
2 - the ability to ingest only liquid
3 - difficulties with swallowing liquids or saliva
4 - full dysphagia
Which doctor should I contact if there is a violation of swallowing
- Oncologist
- Surgeon
- Gastroenterologist
- Rheumatologist
- Neurologist
- Endocrinologist
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Do you feel disrupted swallowing? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.
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