Something lodged in esophagus??
Thursday night I ate boneless wings, didn't realize I didn't chew and choked a little then a swallowed a huge piece of breaded chicken crust. It hurt all the way going down. Now my chest feels like something is stuck in it. I can breathe, but is harder to when I lay on my back. I ate a little pizza last night and a banana today. With lots of water. It feels like the food goes around this one spot. I went to the ER yesterday and they said that I would not be breathing and or throwing up all my food if I had something blocked in my esophagus. But they did not do any tests besides a basic xray. Everytime I swallow my spit it feels like it's hitting something. Would I still be feeling this way TWO days later? It's like when you swallow a huge piece of sandwich or a big drink and you get that bubble feeling all the way down. But mine is just in the same spot and won't move. Could I have just scratched one certain spot that as made it swell up like this? I am really freaked out here. Also every time I eat or drink I get a weird feeling like I need to burp. And when I do I feel a little stuff come up.
What does it mean when food gets stuck on its way down to the stomach?
I’m sorry you had to suffer with this Michael.The condition you’re describing is called dysphagia aka inability to swallow (solid more than liquids in here). You have to know that swallowing is an active process starting with the tongue and then the bolus (chewed food) doesn’t just drop down into the stomach, but rather pushed in a controlled fashion through the esophagus by the peristalsis caused by the smooth muscle cells of the esophagus.Once down the esophagus, the bolus faces the Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) which needs to relax in order for the bolus to finally reach the stomach.So clearly this is a very regulated process and misfiring of any of these muscles would cause the bolus to not move properly which means you could regurgitate, have a feeling of food being stuck, feeling pain when swallowing, etc…The description you’re having of food feeling stuck then moving down when you drink a lot of water is a typical description of ACHALASIA: this is a disease were the LES fails to relax: so the bolus is pushed down correctly but then stuck at the LES. Drinking a lot of water helps increase the weight on the LES and “force it open”, thus allowing food passage. Some patients also typically mention sitting uptight and slightly bending forward helps as well (apparently it stretches the LES). The pain you’re having is probably due to over-stretching of your esophagus until the LES opens.Achalasia is MOSTLY idiopathic (aka as no specific cause) but in some cases it might be to some worrisome (yet treatable causes) such as infections (chaga’s disease), lymphoma, etc… So I do recommend you go talk to a gastroenterologist specialist about this. He would probably start with a barium swallow test: you would drink a radio-opaque substance while being filmed, this would show where the “blockage” is. The typical finding would be the “bird beak appearance” due to very tense LES (see pic… yeah doesn’t really look like a bird to me, but whatever…). A better technique would be manometry of the esophagus.If diagnosis is confirmed, treatment options vary from meds to pneumatic dilation or botulinum injection by scope (relaxes the LES) or surgery… I won’t go too much into this. I do recommend you go talk to your doctor.In the meantime, I recommend eating smaller meals of a liquid nature if possible.Note: I see no correlation between this and SIBO.Please keep me updated, I’d like to know what your gastroenterologist thinks.Best of luck!
How do I get food unstuck from my esophagus?
Depends on how stuck it is. My suggestion, and what I do when this happens, is eat more food. The weight of the extra food combined with gravity should be enough to push the stuck food down into your stomach. If you don't have any food, it's possible to take big gulps of water, which is less effective, but still might help. My last resort is always making myself throw up. If it won't come down, and it's fairly painful, I'll just try to make it come back up. I advise you to be careful in these situations, so if you feel like any of these would make your issue worse, don't do any of them and go to your local urgent care.
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If a pill gets stuck in the food pipe?
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Some food got stuck in my throat. It is not bothering my breathing. Should I check it with a doctor or will it dissipate?
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What do you do if you have food stuck in your throat?
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