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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Epiglottis Removal And Swallowing

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Dr. Sumit Bhatti MD

I have a tiny moveable bump center of base if tongue, rubs on epiglottis when swallowing, it is moveable, just below,epiglottis ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumit Bhatti ( ENT Specialist)
Dr.   Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh MD

epiglottis closes over the laryngeal inlet during swallowing. where is the laryngeal inlet located? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Sumit Bhatti MD

i am 23 i am 5 "9" 175lbs. i am having trouble swallowing i feel as if something is stuck in my ... actually saw it realized it was my epiglottis i had never seen it before is that bad that it would pop up ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumit Bhatti ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Chobufo Ditah MD

the epiglottis with excess swallowing since I am able to feel it now? What should I focus on next? ... saliva or fake the action of swallowing. I dont feel it as much when I look up and swallow. I had... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Suma Parinam MD

My son XXXXXXX (44 yrs old) sometimes has trouble breathing after swallowing water or food. He says that it feels like the epiglottis will not move back into place after closing the trachea. Any thoughts ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Suma Parinam ( General & Family Physician)

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Dr. Abubakar Siddiqh MD

study showed that a part of his epiglottis does not close properly when swallowing, He does get food ... chemotherapy in 2009. He is cancer free. However, the radiation therapy affected his... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Abubakar Siddiqh ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. SOMASEKHAR KVN MD

i have an injury to the neck caused the hyiod bone to break and my epiglottis to shift to left while swallowing .. i choke with food all the time,but i did remove the entire hyoid and now want to ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. SOMASEKHAR KVN ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal MD

I am 18 years old weigh 150 pound no medical history my epiglottis is visable . Is that bad, also I ... a slight cause and the pain of swallowing.due to the epiglottis ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. TAMILMANI APPUSAMY JAYARAMAN MD

– actively using chin tuck positioning. .Dysphasia caused by weak swallowing muscle and hooked epiglottis ... treatments – a few more planned? Is there any treatment options to correct hooked... View answer

Answered by : Dr. TAMILMANI APPUSAMY JAYARAMAN ( ENT Specialist)
Dr.  T Chandrakant MD

that the epiglottis was something you could live with out, it would not affect his swallowing or speech ...Hi, my dad is 74, he just had his epiglottis removed because of cancer, he has a feeding tube... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)