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Swallowing difficulty: Introduction

Swallowing difficulty: Difficulty or pain when swallowing. See free access online books about Swallowing difficulty below. See detailed information below for a list of 604 causes of Swallowing difficulty, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Swallowing difficulty:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Swallowing difficulty. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Swallowing difficulty:

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Swallowing difficulty

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Diagnostic Guides for Swallowing difficulty

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Swallowing difficulty from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Swallowing difficulty. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Swallowing difficulty

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Swallowing difficulty: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Swallowing difficulty

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...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...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 "good" bacteria in...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 an infectious diarrheal...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 can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with fatal effect). One of the most common...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 variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac disease). A variety of other ...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 syndrome, or GERD....read more »

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Causes of Swallowing difficulty listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Swallowing difficulty as a symptom include:

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Medications or substances causing Swallowing difficulty:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Swallowing difficulty as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Belladonna, Phenobarbital and Ergotamine Tartrate
  • Bellergal-S
  • Bel-Phen-Ergot S
  • Phenerbel-S
  • Belladonna and Opium
  • more causes...»

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Definitions of Swallowing difficulty:

Difficulty in swallowing.
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Organs affected by Swallowing difficulty:

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

Detailed list of causes of Swallowing difficulty

The list below shows some of the causes of Swallowing difficulty mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Swallowing difficulty?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Swallowing difficulty. Of the 604 causes of Swallowing difficulty that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 4 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 13 causes are "common" diseases
  • 8 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 6 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 29 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 561 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 604 causes of Swallowing difficulty

Conditions listing symptoms: Swallowing difficulty:

The following list of conditions have 'Swallowing difficulty' 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
  • Achrestic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Acquired agranulocytosis ... swallowing difficulty
  • Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form ... swallowing difficulty
  • Adducted thumbs - arthrogryposis, Christian type ... swallowing difficulty
  • Adenocarcinoma, Follicular ... difficulty swallowing
  • Adenoid cystic carcinoma ... swallowing difficulty
  • Adult SMA ... difficulty swallowing
  • Alexander Syndrome ... difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 10 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 12 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 13 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 14 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 15 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 16 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 2, late-onset ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 3, (early-onset Alzheimer disease) ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 5 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 6 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 7 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 8 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease 9 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease, early-onset, with cerebral amyloid angiopathy ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 1 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 11 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and apraxia ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 4 ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Alzheimer's Disease ... difficulty swallowing
  • 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
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, type 6 ... difficulty swallowing
  • Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Anemia of pregnancy ... difficulty swallowing
  • Angelman-Like Syndrome, X-linked ... swallowing difficulty
  • Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase deficiency ... swallowing difficulty
  • Asherson syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Athabaskan brainstem dysgenesis ... swallowing difficulty
  • Athabaskan severe combined immunodeficiency ... swallowing difficulty
  • Auriculo-condylar syndrome ... chewing difficulty
  • Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing

    B

  • BANF acoustic neurinoma ... swallowing problems
  • Barrett syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • BBB syndrome, X-linked ... swallowing difficulty
  • Bergman syndrome ... difficulty swallowing
  • Botulism food poisoning ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty
  • Box Jellyfish poisoning ... difficulty swallowing
  • Brown snake poisoning ... swallowing difficulty
  • Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

    C

  • Caffeine Allergy ... swallowing problems
  • Cancer ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Carcinoma, squamous cell of head and neck ... difficulty swallowing
  • Cardiospasm ... inability to swallow
  • Central sleep apnea ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Cephalosporin-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Chagas disease ... swallowing difficulty
  • Chemical pneumonia ... gagging
  • Chemical poisoning - Glyphosate ... swallowing difficulty
  • Chemical poisoning - Oil-based paint ... swallowing difficulty
  • Chemical poisoning - Pepper Spray ... gagging
  • Chemical poisoning - Pine Oil ... swallowing difficulty
  • Chiari Malformation ... difficulty swallowing
  • Chloramphenicol-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Chromosome 1, 1p36 deletion syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Chromosome 22q duplication syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Chronic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Chronic laryngotracheitis ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Classic childhood ALD ... dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
  • Cleft palate ... difficulty swallowing
  • Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Congenital spherocytic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Copper deficiency-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Coral snake poisoning ... swallowing difficulty
  • Corticobasal Degeneration ... swallowing difficulty, dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
  • Croup ... difficulty swallowing
  • Cyclic vomiting syndrome ... gagging
  • Cycloserine-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing

    D

  • Deafness, vitiligo, achalasia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Dermatomyositis ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty, swallowing difficulty
  • Devil's trumpet poisoning ... swallowing difficulty
  • Diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy ... difficulty swallowing
  • Dimorphic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Diphtheria ... difficulty swallowing
  • Distal myopathy with vocal cord weakness ... swallowing difficulty
  • Dominant cleft palate ... gagging, swallowing difficulty
  • Down's Syndrome associated Alzheimer's disease ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Doxepine-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Drug-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Drug-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing

    E

  • Eagle's syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Early-onset Alzheimer's ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Elapid poisoning ... difficulty swallowing
  • Elephant's-ear poisoning ... difficulty swallowing
  • Epidermoid carcinoma ... swallowing difficulty
  • Esophageal atresia ... inability to swallow, coughing when trying to swallow
  • Esophageal Atresia and/or Tracheoesophageal Fistula ... inability to swallow, coughing when trying to swallow
  • Esophageal diverticulum ... difficulty swallowing
  • Esophageal stricture ... difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing
  • Esophagitis ... difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing
  • Esophagus Cancer ... painful swallowing, Difficulty swallowing, difficulty swallowing, progressive difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing
  • Esophagus diseases ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Ethanol-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Eucalyptus Oil poisoning ... swallowing difficulty

    F

  • Facial clefting corpus callosum agenesis ... swallowing difficulty, chewing difficulty
  • Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Fazio-Londe syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Folate-deficiency anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma ... swallowing difficulty
  • Food Additive Allergy ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - amaranth ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - Annatto ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - benzoate ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - carageenan gum ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - Carmine ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - erythrosine ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - guar gum ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum acacia ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum tragacanth ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - lecithin ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - locust bean gum ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - quinoline yellow ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - saffron ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - salicytes ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - sulphite ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - sulphite derivative ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - sunset yellow ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - tartrazine ... swallowing problems
  • Food Additive Allergy - xanthan gum ... swallowing problems
  • Food allergies ... trouble swallowing
  • Food Allergy - abalone ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - almond ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - aniseed ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - apple ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - apricot ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - avocado ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - banana ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - barley ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - bean ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - beef ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - beer ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - bell pepper ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - brazil nut ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - buckwheat ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - cabbage ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - carp ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - carrot ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - cashew ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - castor bean ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - celery ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - chamomile tea ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - cherry ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - chestnut ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - chick pea ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - chicken meat ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - cinnamon ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - coconut ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - codfish ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - Coriander ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - crab ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - crayfish ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - cumin ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - date palm ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - duck meat ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - fennel ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - fish ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - frog ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - garbanzo (legume) ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - garlic ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - goose meat ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - hazelnut ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - hops ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - kidney bean ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - kiwi fruit ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - lamb ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - lentil ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - lettuce ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - lima bean ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - Linden tea ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - lobster ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - lychee ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - mackerel ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - mango ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - meat ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - melon ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - milk ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - mollusk ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - MSG ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - mussel ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - mustard leaf ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - oat ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - olive ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - oranges ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - papaya ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - paprika ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - parsley ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - pea ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - peach ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - peanuts ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - pear ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - pecan ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - pine nut ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - pineapple ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - plantain ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - plum ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - pomegranates ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - pork ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - potato ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - pumpkin ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - Quorn ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - red meat ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - rice ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - rye ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - salmon ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - scallop ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - sesame ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - shellfish ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - shrimp ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - snail ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - soy ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - soybean ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - spices ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - strawberry ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - sulfite ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - sunflower seeds ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - thyme ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - tomato ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - tree nuts ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - tuna ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - turnip ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - turtle ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - vegetable oil ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - walnuts ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - watermelon ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - wheat ... swallowing problems
  • Food Allergy - zucchini ... swallowing problems
  • Forestier's disease ... swallowing difficulty

    G

  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... Difficulty swallowing, 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
  • Human HOXA1 Syndromes ... swallowing difficulty
  • Huntington's Disease ... difficulty swallowing
  • Hydrocarbon poisoning ... gagging
  • Hyperchromic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Hypertelorism - esophageal abnormalities - hypospadias ... swallowing difficulty
  • Hypertelorism with esophageal abnormality and hypospadias ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty
  • Hypopharyngeal cancer ... difficulty swallowing
  • Hypospadias - hypertelorism ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty

    I

  • Ichthyosis congenita, Harlequin fetus type ... swallowing difficulty
  • Ichthyosis congenita, harlequin type ... swallowing difficulty
  • Idiopathic myopathy ... swallowing difficulty
  • Idiopathic Parkinson's disease ... difficulty swallowing
  • Idiopathic subglottic tracheal stenosis ... swallowing difficulty
  • Inclusion Body Myositis ... swallowing difficulty, Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)
  • Infantile dysphagia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Inherited spherocytic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Insect allergy ... swallowing difficulty
  • 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
  • Isoniazid-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing

    J

  • Juvenile dermatomyositis ... difficulty swallowing
  • Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis ... difficulty swallowing

    K

  • Kuru syndrome ... swallowing difficulty

    L

  • Large cell carcinoma ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Laryngeal papillomatosis ... swallowing difficulty
  • Laryngitis ... difficulty swallowing
  • Laryngopharyngeal reflux ... swallowing difficulty
  • Late-onset Alzheimer's ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Lemierre's syndrome ... difficulty swallowing
  • Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis ... swallowing difficulty
  • Lissencephaly syndrome type 1 ... inability to swallow

    M

  • Machado-Joseph Disease ... difficulty swallowing
  • Macrocytic Hyperchromic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Macrogyria, pseudobulbar palsy and mental retardation ... difficulty swallowing
  • Mandibulofacial dysostosis, Treacher Collins type, autosomal recessive ... swallowing difficulty
  • Marchiafava-Micheli disease ... swallowing difficulty
  • Marine turtle poisoning ... difficulty swallowing
  • Marine turtle poisoning - Green Sea Turtle ... difficulty swallowing
  • Marine turtle poisoning - Hawksbill Turtle ... difficulty swallowing
  • Marine turtle poisoning - Leatherback Turtle ... difficulty swallowing
  • Marine turtle poisoning - Loggerhead Turtle ... difficulty swallowing
  • Marine turtle poisoning - Soft-shelled Turtle ... difficulty swallowing
  • Megalocytic-Normochromic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Mental retardation, Microcephaly, Epilepsy and Ataxia Syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Mental retardation, X-linked - craniofacial dysmorphology - epilepsy - ophthalmoplegia - cerebellar atrophy ... swallowing difficulty
  • Mesothelioma, adult malignant ... difficulty swallowing
  • Mesothelioma, adult malignant - pleural ... difficulty swallowing
  • Metachromatic Leukodystrophy ... impaired swallowing
  • Methyldopa-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Microcephaly brain defect spasticity hypernatremia ... swallowing difficulty
  • Microcytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Microcytic Hyperchromic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Microcytic hypochromic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Microcytic-Normochromic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Mitochondrial Parkinson's disease ... difficulty swallowing
  • Mobius syndrome ... difficulty swallowing
  • Moebius Syndrome ... Swallowing problems
  • Mohave Rattle snake poisoning ... swallowing difficulty
  • Monosomy 1p36 ... swallowing difficulty
  • Motor neuron diseases ... difficulty swallowing
  • Mouth cancer ... Pain on swallowing
  • Mouth conditions ... Difficulty swallowing
  • MRXS-Christianson ... swallowing difficulty
  • Mumps ... difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing
  • Myasthenia Gravis ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty
  • Mycosis fungoides ... swallowing difficulty
  • Mycosis fungoides, familial ... swallowing difficulty
  • Möbius syndrome ... Swallowing problems, 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
  • Nocturnal heartburn ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Non-hereditary spherocytic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Normochromic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Normocytic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Normocytic-Normochromic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Nutritional anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Nutritional Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing

    O

  • Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy ... difficulty swallowing
  • Oesophageal spasm ... painful swallowing, swallowing difficulty
  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... swallowing difficulty
  • Ondine syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Ophthalmoplegic Muscular dystrophy ... difficulty swallowing
  • Opitz G Syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Opitz G/BBB Syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Opitz G/BBB syndrome, Autosomal dominant ... swallowing difficulty
  • Opitz G/BBB Syndrome, type I ... swallowing difficulty
  • Opitz G/BBB Syndrome, Type II ... swallowing difficulty
  • Opitz G/BBB Syndrome, X-linked ... swallowing difficulty
  • Opitz syndrome , X-linked ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty
  • Oral cancer ... Difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing
  • Oral pharyngeal disorders ... swallowing difficulty
  • Oropharyngeal cancer ... Trouble swallowing.
  • 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 10 (PARK10) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 11 (PARK11) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 12 (PARK12) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 13 (PARK13) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 2, autosomal recessive juvenile (PARK2) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 3 ... swallowing difficulty
  • Parkinson disease 3, autosomal dominant Lewy body (PARK3) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 4, autosomal dominant Lewy body (PARK4) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 5 (PARK5) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 6, autosomal recessive early-onset (PARK6) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 7, autosomal recessive early-onset (PARK7) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 8 (PARK8) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease 9 ... swallowing difficulty
  • Parkinson disease 9 (PARK9) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson disease, familial, type 1 (PARK1) ... difficulty swallowing
  • Parkinson's Disease ... difficulty swallowing
  • Penicillin-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Perisylvian syndrome ... difficulty swallowing
  • Pernicious anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Pharyngitis ... difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing
  • Plummer-Vinson syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration ... difficulty swallowing
  • Poikilocytic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Polio ... difficulty swallowing
  • Polyneuropathy - Ophthalmoplegia - Leukoencehalopathy - Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction ... difficulty swallowing
  • Primary Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Primary Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Progressive Spinobulbar muscular atrophy ... dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... dysphagia (swallowing difficulties)
  • Proximal spinal muscular atrophy, proximal, Adult, autosomal recessive ... swallowing difficulty
  • Proximal spinal muscular atrophy, type 4 ... swallowing difficulty
  • Proximal spinal muscular atrophy, type IV ... swallowing difficulty
  • Pyridoxine deficiency-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Pyrosis ... swallowing difficulty

    Q

  • Quinidine-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Quinsy ... difficulty swallowing

    R

  • Rabies ... difficulty swallowing
  • REST syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Retropharyngeal abscess ... difficulty swallowing
  • Riedel syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Right parietal lobe syndrome related Alzheimer's disease ... Difficulty swallowing

    S

  • Salivary gland cancer ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Salivary gland cancer, adult ... difficulty swallowing
  • Schatzki ring ... swallowing difficulty
  • Scleroderma ... difficulty swallowing
  • Seafood allergy ... swallowing problems
  • Secondary Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Secondary Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Sickle Cell Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Sideropenic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... swallowing difficulty
  • Skeletal dysplasia - mental retardation ... swallowing difficulty
  • Spherocytic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Spinal bulbar motor neuropathy ... swallowing difficulty, chewing difficulty
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy ... swallowing difficulty
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I ... inability to swallow
  • Spinal muscular atrophy, Adult form ... swallowing difficulty
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy, type 2 ... swallowing difficulty
  • Sprue ... difficulty swallowing
  • Stomach cancer ... swallowing difficulty
  • Stomach cancer, familial ... swallowing difficulty
  • Striped Blister Beetle poisoning ... swallowing difficulty
  • Subacute Thyroiditis ... painful swallowing
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... Gagging
  • Sulphonamide -induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • 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
  • Tongue Cancer ... Pain on swallowing
  • Tongue Conditions ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Tonsil cancer ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Tonsil disorders ... Difficulty swallowing
  • Tonsilitis ... pain on swallowing
  • Toxin-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Trichinosis ... difficulty swallowing

    U

  • Ulcer ... Difficulty swallowing

    V

  • Vitamin B12 Deficiency ... difficulty swallowing
  • Vocal cord carcinoma ... swallowing difficulty
  • Vocal Cord Paralysis ... swallowing difficulty

    W

  • Wallenberg's Syndrome ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty
  • Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ... difficulty swallowing
  • Whistling face syndrome, recessive form ... swallowing problems
  • White snakeroot poisoning ... swallowing difficulty
  • Wilson's Disease ... swallowing difficulty
  • Wolfram Syndrome 2 ... difficulty swallowing

    X

  • X-linked sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing

    Z

  • Zellweger Syndrome ... difficulty swallowing

    Conditions listing complications: Swallowing difficulty:

    The following list of conditions have 'Swallowing difficulty' 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

    D

  • Diabetic neuropathy ... Swallowing difficulty

    H

  • Huntington's Disease ... swallowing difficulty

    N

  • Neurofibromatosis-2 ... difficulty swallowing

    S

  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... difficulty swallowing
  • Stroke ... swallowing problems

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  • Causes of Swallowing difficulty Based on Risk Factors

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

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    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Swallowing difficulty?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Swallowing difficulty, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    What are the alternative names for Swallowing difficulty:

    Odynophagia, Painful swallowing, Dysphagia, Deglutition disorder
    - (Source - Diseases Database)

    Classifications of Swallowing difficulty:

    Subtypes of Swallowing difficulty:

    Pain swallowing (15 causes), Nasal regurgitation of food

    Medical Conditions associated with Swallowing difficulty:

    Swallowing symptoms (465 causes), Eating symptoms (1673 causes), Esophagus symptoms (497 causes), Throat symptoms (2303 causes), Food symptoms (1645 causes), Mouth symptoms (2805 causes), Head symptoms (5831 causes), Face symptoms (4261 causes)

    Symptoms related to Swallowing difficulty:

    Pain swallowing (15 causes), Swallowing symptoms (465 causes), Sore throat (394 causes), Throat symptoms (2303 causes), Tongue symptoms (347 causes)

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