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Contents: Esophagus symptoms

Introduction: Esophagus symptoms
Causes (209 conditions)
Causes of Types
Misdiagnosis
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Introduction: Esophagus symptoms

Further information about Esophagus symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Esophagus symptoms: Megaesophagus, Gastroesophageal reflux, Pain swallowing, Swallowing difficulty, Swallowing symptoms, Phlegm symptoms, Nasal regurgitation of food or other types.

Esophagus symptoms: Symptoms affecting the esophagus (digestive throat passage). See detailed information below for a list of 209 causes of Esophagus symptoms, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Esophagus symptoms

Aberrant subclavian artery abnormality - difficulty swallowing
Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced - difficulty swallowing
Absent patellae - scrotal hypoplasia - renal anomalies - facial dysmorphism - mental retardation - swallowing problems
Achalasia - difficulty swallowing
Achalasia - adrenal - alacrima syndrome - swallowing difficulty

See all 209 causes of Esophagus symptoms

Causes of Types of Esophagus symptoms:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Esophagus symptoms:

Megaesophagus (2 causes)
Gastroesophageal reflux (32 causes)
Pain swallowing (88 causes)
Swallowing difficulty (313 causes)
Swallowing symptoms (185 causes)
Phlegm symptoms (18 causes)
Nasal regurgitation of food (1 cause)

More types of Esophagus symptoms

Esophagus symptoms: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Esophagus symptoms, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

Throat symptoms (1146 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Esophagus symptoms

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Esophagus symptoms:

Throat symptoms (1146 causes)
Sore throat (237 causes)

Misdiagnosis and Esophagus symptoms

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas other causes that are less known...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance. The digestive system contains a variety of "good" bacteria that aid...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the ...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more likely to be...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel...read more »

Stories from Users for Esophagus symptoms

Real-life user stories relating to Esophagus symptoms:

Symptom specific forums: The following patient stories in our interactive forums and message boards relate to Esophagus symptoms or relevant symptoms:

Videos for Esophagus symptoms

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Organs affected by Esophagus symptoms:

The list of organs typically affected by Esophagus symptoms may include, but is not limited to:

Esophagus

Detailed list of causes of Esophagus symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Esophagus symptoms mentioned in various sources:

Aberrant subclavian artery abnormality - difficulty swallowing
Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced - difficulty swallowing
Absent patellae - scrotal hypoplasia - renal anomalies - facial dysmorphism - mental retardation - swallowing problems
Achalasia - difficulty swallowing
Achalasia - adrenal - alacrima syndrome - swallowing difficulty

See full list of 209 causes of Esophagus symptoms

How Common are these Causes of Esophagus symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Esophagus symptoms. Of the 209 causes of Esophagus symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

3 causes are "very common" diseases
11 causes are "common" diseases
6 causes are "uncommon" diseases
6 causes are "rare" diseases
18 causes are "very rare" diseases
177 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 209 causes of Esophagus symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Esophagus symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Esophagus symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Aberrant subclavian artery abnormality ... difficulty swallowing

Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced ... difficulty swallowing

Absent patellae - scrotal hypoplasia - renal anomalies - facial dysmorphism - mental retardation ... swallowing problems

Achalasia ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty

Achalasia - adrenal - alacrima syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

Achalasia - alacrimia syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

Achalasia, familial esophageal ... swallowing difficulty

Achalasia, primary ... swallowing difficulty

Acquired agranulocytosis ... swallowing difficulty

Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form ... swallowing difficulty

Adenocarcinoma, Follicular ... difficulty swallowing

Adenoid cystic carcinoma ... swallowing difficulty

Adult SMA ... difficulty swallowing

Alexander Syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

Alzheimer's Disease ... difficulty swallowing

Amyloidosis ... abnormal esophagus motility

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... difficulty swallowing

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 1 ... swallowing difficulty, chewing difficulty

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 2 ... swallowing difficulty, chewing difficulty

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 3 ... swallowing difficulty, chewing difficulty

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 4 ... swallowing difficulty, chewing difficulty

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 6 ... swallowing difficulty, chewing difficulty

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 7 ... swallowing difficulty, chewing difficulty

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 8 ... swallowing difficulty, chewing difficulty

Anemia ... difficulty swallowing

Anorexia Nervosa ... esophagus inflammation

Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase deficiency ... swallowing difficulty, gastroesophageal reflux

Asherson syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

Ataxia Telangiectasia ... difficulty swallowing

Athabaskan brainstem dysgenesis ... swallowing difficulty

Athabaskan severe combined immunodeficiency ... swallowing difficulty

Auriculo-condylar syndrome ... chewing difficulty

B

BANF acoustic neurinoma ... swallowing problems

Barrett syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

Bergman syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

Botulism food poisoning ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty

Brachmann-De Lange Syndrome ... gastroesophageal reflux

Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

C

Cancer ... Difficulty swallowing

Carcinoma, squamous cell of head and neck ... difficulty swallowing

Cardiospasm ... inability to swallow

Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency ... gastroesophageal reflux

Chagas disease ... Megaesophagus, swallowing difficulty

Chemical pneumonia ... gagging

Chiari Malformation ... difficulty swallowing

Chromosome 1p deletion syndrome ... gastroesophageal reflux

Chromosome 22q deletion ... gastroesophageal reflux

Chromosome 22q deletion syndrome ... gastroesophageal reflux

Chromosome 22q duplication syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

Chromosome 9q deletion syndrome ... gastro-esophageal reflux

Cirrhosis of the liver ... esophageal bleeding

Classic childhood ALD ... dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)

Cleft palate ... difficulty swallowing

Corticobasal Degeneration ... swallowing difficulty, dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)

CREST syndrome ... Esophageal dysfunction

Crohn's disease of the esophagus ... inflammation of the esophagus

Croup ... difficulty swallowing

Cyclic vomiting syndrome ... gagging

D

Deafness, vitiligo, achalasia ... difficulty swallowing

Dermatomyositis ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty, swallowing difficulty

Diphtheria ... difficulty swallowing

Distal myopathy with vocal cord weakness ... swallowing difficulty

Dominant cleft palate ... gagging, swallowing difficulty

E

Eagle's syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

Emanuel syndrome ... gastroesophageal reflux

Epidermoid carcinoma ... swallowing difficulty

Esophageal atresia ... inability to swallow, coughing when trying to swallow

Esophageal diverticulum ... difficulty swallowing

Esophageal stricture ... difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing

Esophagitis ... Esophageal bleeding, difficulty swallowing, esophagus pain, pain swallowing

Esophagus Cancer ... painful swallowing, Difficulty swallowing, difficulty swallowing, progressive difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing

Esophagus diseases ... Difficulty swallowing

F

Fazio-Londe syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

Food allergies ... trouble swallowing

Forestier's disease ... swallowing difficulty

G

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... trouble swallowing

Gastrointestinal neoplasm ... difficulty swallowing

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors ... difficulty swallowing

Generalized anxiety disorder ... difficulty swallowing

Glomus tympanicum ... swallowing difficulty

Glycogen storage disease type 2 ... difficulty swallowing

Glycogenosis type 2 ... difficulty swallowing

GTP cyclohydrolase deficiency ... swallowing difficulty

H

Harlequin type ichthyosis ... swallowing difficulty

Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia ... swallowing difficulty

Herpes stomatitis ... difficulty swallowing, pain on swallowing

HIV/AIDS ... painful swallowing, difficult swallowing

Hodgkin's Disease ... swallowing difficulty

Huntington's Disease ... difficulty swallowing

Hydrocarbon poisoning ... gagging

Hypertelorism with esophageal abnormality and hypospadias ... difficulty swallowing

Hypopharyngeal cancer ... difficulty swallowing

I

Ichthyosis congenita, Harlequin fetus type ... swallowing difficulty

Idiopathic myopathy ... swallowing difficulty

Inclusion Body Myositis ... swallowing difficulty, Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)

Infantile dysphagia ... difficulty swallowing

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction ... swallowing difficulty

Intestinal pseudoobstruction chronic idiopathic ... swallowing difficulty

Intracranial Hemorrhages ... impaired swallowing

Iron deficiency anemia ... difficulty swallowing

Irritable bowel syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

J

Juvenile dermatomyositis ... difficulty swallowing

Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis ... difficulty swallowing

K

Kuru syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

L

Laryngeal papillomatosis ... swallowing difficulty

Laryngitis ... difficulty swallowing

Laryngopharyngeal reflux ... swallowing difficulty

Lemierre's syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis ... swallowing difficulty

Lissencephaly syndrome type 1 ... inability to swallow

M

Machado-Joseph Disease ... difficulty swallowing

Macrogyria, pseudobulbar palsy and mental retardation ... difficulty swallowing

Mallory-Weiss syndrome ... Esophageal bleeding

Mandibulofacial dysostosis, Treacher Collins type, autosomal recessive ... swallowing difficulty

Marchiafava-Micheli disease ... swallowing difficulty

Mental retardation, X-linked, Cantagrel type ... gastroesophageal reflux

Mesothelioma, adult malignant ... difficulty swallowing

Mesothelioma, adult malignant - pleural ... difficulty swallowing

Metachromatic Leukodystrophy ... impaired swallowing

Microgastria short stature diabetes ... gastro-esophageal reflux

Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome ... gastroesophageal reflux

Mixed connective tissue disease ... esophageal dysfunction

Mobius syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

Motor neuron diseases ... difficulty swallowing

Mouth cancer ... Pain on swallowing

Mouth conditions ... Difficulty swallowing

Mumps ... difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing

Myasthenia Gravis ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty

Mycosis fungoides ... swallowing difficulty

Mycosis fungoides, familial ... swallowing difficulty

Möbius syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

N

NADH cytochrome B5 reductase deficiency ... swallowing difficulty

Neck Cancer ... Pain on swallowing

Neurofibromatosis-2 ... difficulty swallowing

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

Niemann-Pick disease ... difficulty swallowing

O

Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... swallowing difficulty

Ophthalmoplegic Muscular dystrophy ... difficulty swallowing

Oral cancer ... Difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing

Oral pharyngeal disorders ... swallowing difficulty

Oropharyngeal cancer, adult ... swallowing difficulty

P

Palate cancer ... Painful swallowing

Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration ... swallowing difficulty

Paraganglioma ... swallowing difficulty

Parathyroid cancer, adult ... difficulty swallowing

Parkinson disease 3 ... swallowing difficulty

Parkinson disease 9 ... swallowing difficulty

Parkinson's Disease ... difficulty swallowing

Perisylvian syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

Pharyngitis ... difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing

Plummer-Vinson syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

Pneumonia, Aspiration ... difficulty swallowing

Polio ... difficulty swallowing

Postnasal drip ... mucus feeling in back of throat

Progressive Spinobulbar muscular atrophy ... dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... dysphagia (swallowing difficulties)

Pyrosis ... swallowing difficulty

Q

Quinsy ... difficulty swallowing

R

Rabies ... difficulty swallowing

REST syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

Retropharyngeal abscess ... difficulty swallowing

Riedel syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

S

Salivary gland cancer, adult ... difficulty swallowing

Schatzki ring ... swallowing difficulty

Scleroderma ... difficulty swallowing, Esophageal dysfunction, impaired esophageal motility

Sjogren's Syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

Spastic paraplegia 9, autosomal dominant ... gastroesophageal reflux

Spinal bulbar motor neuropathy ... swallowing difficulty, chewing difficulty

Spinal Muscular Atrophy ... swallowing difficulty

Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I ... inability to swallow

Sprue ... difficulty swallowing

Stomach cancer ... swallowing difficulty

Stomach cancer, familial ... swallowing difficulty

Subacute Thyroiditis ... painful swallowing

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... Gagging

Superior vena cava syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

T

Tay Sachs ... unable to swallow

Tetanus ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty

Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiencies ... swallowing difficulty

Thymic epithelial tumor ... difficulty swallowing

Thyroid cancer ... Difficulty swallowing

Thyroid cancer, follicular ... difficulty swallowing

Thyroid cancer, Hurthle cell ... difficulty swallowing

Thyroid cancer, medullary ... difficulty swallowing

Thyroid cancer, papillary ... difficulty swallowing

Thyroid hormone plasma membrane transport defect ... swallowing difficulty

Thyroiditis ... neck pain worse with swallowing

Tongue Conditions ... Difficulty swallowing

Tonsil cancer ... Difficulty swallowing

Tonsil disorders ... Difficulty swallowing

Tonsilitis ... pain on swallowing

Trichinosis ... difficulty swallowing

U

Ulcer ... Difficulty swallowing

V

Vocal cord carcinoma ... swallowing difficulty

Vocal Cord Paralysis ... swallowing difficulty

W

Wallenberg's Syndrome ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty

Whistling face syndrome, recessive form ... swallowing problems

Wilson's Disease ... swallowing difficulty

Worster Drought syndrome ... Gastroesophageal reflux

X

X-linked alpha thalassemia mental retardation syndrome (ATR-X) ... gastroesophageal reflux

Z

Zellweger Syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

Conditions listing complications: Esophagus symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Esophagus symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Autonomic neuropathy ... swallowing difficulty

B

Barrett's esophagus ... narrowing of the esophagus

C

Cirrhosis of the liver ... Esophageal bleeding

Congenital microgastria limb reduction defect ... gastroesophageal reflux

Cyclic vomiting syndrome ... Esophageal bleeding

D

Diabetic neuropathy ... Swallowing difficulty

G

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... Barrett's esophagus, inflammation of the esophagus

H

Heartburn ... Barrett's esophagus

Hiatal hernia ... gastroesophageal reflux disease, Barrett's esophagus

Huntington's Disease ... swallowing difficulty

N

Neurofibromatosis-2 ... difficulty swallowing

S

Sjogren's Syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

Smoking ... esophagus cancer

Stroke ... swallowing problems

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Causes of Esophagus symptoms Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Esophagus symptoms based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

Travel - has the patient travelled recently?

Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

Sexual activity - history of sexual behavior?

Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Esophagus symptoms?

Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Esophagus symptoms, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

Classifications of Esophagus symptoms:

Subtypes of Esophagus symptoms:

Megaesophagus (1 cause), Gastroesophageal reflux (14 causes), Pain swallowing (13 causes), Swallowing difficulty (179 causes), Swallowing symptoms (181 causes), Phlegm symptoms (1 cause), Nasal regurgitation of food

Medical Conditions associated with Esophagus symptoms:

Throat symptoms (1133 causes)

Symptoms related to Esophagus symptoms:

Throat symptoms (1133 causes), Sore throat (138 causes)

Esophagus symptoms as a disease:

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