dysphagia

see also:

• gastroenterology

• gastro-oesophageal reflux
• burns
• pharyngitis
• tonsillitis
• herpangina
• EBV / glandular fever / infectious mononucleosis
• upper GIT foreign body - eg. fish bone
• aortic dissection (Ortner's syndrome)
• etc

• upper GIT foreign body
• stroke (CVA)
• vertigo
• oesophageal strictures
• oesophageal cancer
• stomach cancer
• extrinsic masses
• aortic dissection
• achalasia
• amyloidosis
• scleroderma
• Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)
• inclusion body myositis (IBM)
• polymyositis (PM)
• dermatomyositis
• Autonomic dysfunction and autonomic neuropathy
• myasthenia gravis
• bulbar palsy and pseudobulbar palsy
• progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) usually over age 60yrs
• etc