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What Causes Swallowing Difficulty While Eating Meat?

My dad has a history of GERD, but for the past two years, he has had difficulty swallowing things like white meat. He has finally agreed to have an endoscopy, but the place is very busy, and he won t have it done until April now. He does not have any symptoms of weight loss, or progression to difficulty with liquids, but I am still very concerned. What is the likelihood of having dysphagia simply from scarring? And if this were cancer, would a couple of months delay in the diagnosis make any difference in the prognosis? Thank you.
Mon, 14 May 2018
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In a patient of GERD, dysphagia needs to be evaluated by gastroduodenoscopy on priority, as it could be the symptom of malignancy and delaying endoscopy is not a good idea at all.
Hope you got some basic information
Dr Zahoor
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What Causes Swallowing Difficulty While Eating Meat?

Hi In a patient of GERD, dysphagia needs to be evaluated by gastroduodenoscopy on priority, as it could be the symptom of malignancy and delaying endoscopy is not a good idea at all. Hope you got some basic information Dr Zahoor