Dysphagia
S2D: The Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast
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Do You Have Oesophagus Compression?
There are certain underlying conditions that really increase the likelihood of very specific problems with the oesophagus. Prior radiation makes stricture much more likely, as does a prior causic injury. I've taken care of one person in my career who had a suicide attempt with a caustic substance, which this person survived, but then, you know, had a really sort of morbid time afterwards because of a sophogil injury. It's often like substertal thyroid behind bone and in front at it's a wholl lot easier to get the thyroid out of the way than the bony ro groths.
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