Hello I read your query regarding difficulty in swallowing as felt by your husband, as you said your husband feels some obstruction in the mid of his ribcage during swallowing food and it appears as food is struck there and after sometimes it goes down. Sometimes he doesn t feel so. Considering your symptoms it appears as your husband is suffering from GERD ( gastro esophageal reflux disease ), but he is having this feeling most of the time and as you said in one episode you lrft the dinner and ultimately he vomit out after half an hour of taking meal and now he felt discomfort in drinking water also therefore now it becomes necessary to consult gastroenterologist for doing upper G.I. endoscopy to rule out any obstructive lesion in oesophagus. Till you are in waiting for getting consultation with Gastroentrologist your husband may take - (a) Antacid (b) Avoid smoking ( If he smokes) (c) Avoid spicy foods. I hope your query is explained well, please let me know if anything is still not clear. Regards.