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Difficult In Food Intake. Underwent Stretching Surgery And On High Medication. Medicines Caused Harm?
My husband is having a horrible time getting his food to go into the stomach . He has had surgery and the stretching done that the doctors recommended, but nothing seems to help. He has been taking strong pain medication for the last few years and I am asking if they deaden the asophagus so that swallowing can become a problem?
Wed, 14 Aug 2013
hello and welcome to HCM,
Read about your husband having difficulty in swallowing. Since he has already undergone the surgery which is like the last hope and still has not much improvement then he needs to use good lifestyle modifications to aid his swallowing.
avoid spicy, oily and cold food
eat food on time and take your time in chewing them properly in little quantity
avoid pain medications (like you rightly mentioned) as they increase the reflux which is the main cause of your husbands condition.
Try doing yoga and other meditative exercises to improve your swallowing ability
There is a new technique called the bio feedback which is available in some centres, try getting information on the same and use that on him
hope he recovers
regards
Dr Sriram Nathan
Read about your husband having difficulty in swallowing. Since he has already undergone the surgery which is like the last hope and still has not much improvement then he needs to use good lifestyle modifications to aid his swallowing.
avoid spicy, oily and cold food
eat food on time and take your time in chewing them properly in little quantity
avoid pain medications (like you rightly mentioned) as they increase the reflux which is the main cause of your husbands condition.
Try doing yoga and other meditative exercises to improve your swallowing ability
There is a new technique called the bio feedback which is available in some centres, try getting information on the same and use that on him
hope he recovers
regards
Dr Sriram Nathan
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