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Causes of Swallowing difficulty

This section discusses 622 medical conditions causing Swallowing difficulty. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

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.

Common Causes: Swallowing difficulty

Some of the possible common medical causes of Swallowing difficulty may include:

Other Causes: Swallowing difficulty

Some of the less common causes of Swallowing difficulty may include:

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:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical 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
  • Aksu von Stockhausen syndrome ... 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 Myasthenia Gravis ... swallowing problems
  • Congenital myasthenic syndromes ... swallowing difficulty
  • 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
  • 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 disorder ... swallowing difficulty
  • Esophageal diverticulum ... difficulty swallowing
  • Esophageal stricture ... difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing
  • Esophagitis ... difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing
  • Esophagus Cancer ... painful 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
  • Generalized Myasthenia Gravis ... swallowing difficulty
  • 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
  • Isoniazid-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... difficulty swallowing

    J

  • Juvenile dermatomyositis ... difficulty swallowing
  • Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis ... swallowing problems
  • 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
  • Leiomyomatosis of oesophagus, congenital cataract and hematuria ... swallowing difficulty
  • Leiomyomatosis, Esophagogastric and Vulvar ... difficulty swallowing
  • Lemierre's syndrome ... difficulty swallowing
  • Leukoencephalopathy, arthritis, colitis, and hypogammaglobulinema ... 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
  • Mucoepidermoid ... swallowing difficulty
  • Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma ... swallowing difficulty
  • Mumps ... difficulty swallowing, pain swallowing
  • Myasthenia Gravis ... difficulty swallowing, swallowing difficulty
  • Myasthenia Gravis with Thymus Hyperplasia ... swallowing problems
  • Myasthenia, familial ... swallowing difficulty
  • Myasthenia, Familial Infantile, 1 ... 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
  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Hereditary ... difficulty swallowing
  • 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
  • Small Cell Lung Cancer ... swallowing problems
  • 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 medical complications: Swallowing difficulty:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Swallowing difficulty' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications 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

    F

  • Familial Treacher Collins syndrome ... swallowing problems

    H

  • Huntington's Disease ... swallowing difficulty

    L

  • Lymphatic malformation (LM) ... impaired swallowing

    N

  • Neurofibromatosis-2 ... difficulty swallowing

    S

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

    More Information About Swallowing difficulty

    List of 622 causes of Swallowing difficulty

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Swallowing difficulty in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Swallowing difficulty

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Swallowing difficulty as a side effect.

    • Belladonna, Phenobarbital and Ergotamine Tartrate
    • Bellergal-S
    • Bel-Phen-Ergot S
    • Phenerbel-S
    • Belladonna and Opium
    [See detailed list of 100 drug side effect causes of Swallowing difficulty]

    Medical Textbooks about Swallowing difficulty

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Swallowing difficulty. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Swallowing difficulty (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • DYSPHAGIA
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • Dysphagia
    • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • Dysphagia
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Dysphagia
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Dysphagia
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • Dysphagia
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
    • Dysphagia
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Dysphagia
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
     

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