Difficulty swallowing also called as dysphagia. It is the inability or difficulty to swallow food particles or liquid. This occurs when people try to swallow food without chewing properly. But sometimes difficulty is present even while swallowing liquids, which indicates medical condition.
Symptoms
- Pain while swallowing.
- Choking sensation in the throat, feeling that the food is stuck in the throat.
- Hoarseness of voice.
- Regurgitation of food back into throat.
- Acid reflux.
Causes
Different conditions cause difficulty or pain while swallowing.
- Oesophageal stricture: food particles get stuck in the oesophagus due to a stricture formation and oesophageal tube is narrowed. In oesophageal hernia food gets trapped in a pouch like structure and this causes pain and burning in the chest and throat leading to dysphagia.
- halasia:Ac the muscles of lower oesophageal muscle doesn’t relax properly causing food not to enter into stomach. Food is brought back into the throat.
- Foreign bodies: piece of food is lodged in the throat accidently in elderly people, this causes choking and difficulty in swallowing.
- GERD: gastro-oesophageal reflux disease causes reflux of food from into throat due to spasm
Neurological disorders like multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Parkinson’s disease can cause dysphagia.
Homeopathic approach
Homeopathic medicine has good remedies for difficulty in swallowing. Remedies like Baryta carb, Alumina and Anacardium are helpful for difficulty swallowing solid food. At times individuals also face difficulty of swallowing liquids, remedies like Ignatia, Stramonium and Lyssin are found helpful. Choking and constriction of throat are experienced by many individuals, remedies like Iodum and Phosphorus are found helpful. For those suffering with gastro-esophageal reflux, remedies like Nux vom and Carbo veg are found helpful.
At Gorui Homeo Healthway, the underlying causative factors are taken in to consideration which helps in speedy progress. Our protocols helps to see that the oesophageal stricture is gradually reduced and helps reducing the difficulty in swallowing.
