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Difficulty swallowing

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For 3 Years I’ve had a swallowing problem it hasn’t got worse and it hasn’t got better it’s kinda just stayed the same, it feels as though my throat contracts when I swallow and it feels weak I’m okay with liquids it’s just solids it doesn’t feel like it goes down right and it’s just slow. I’ve actually over the past 3 years maintained a healthy weight I have an endoscopy in 3 days I’m just worrying about what they find. I’m 22 and weight about 11.3st

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danym

please post what the dr says after the endoscopy, I'm having similar symptoms, are you on any medication? are you avoiding acidic foods?

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Paulbrighton

Hi How did your endoscopy go?

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