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I have extreme pain while eating or drinking anything. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor,I am having issues with my esophagus and cannot eat or drink anything without extreme pain. I have consulted many doctors and have not received an answer and thus need to seek the advice of a gastroenterologist specifically as to what is going on. Please help.Thank you. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. I have reviewed your case history and the medications that you were taking. Pain while eating or drinking is medically known as Odynophagia. In your case, two possibilities are there, first is pill-induced esophagitis, your medications i... Read Full »
My 56-year-old father has difficulty in swallowing food. Could it be because of esophagus cancer?
Query: Hello doctor, My 56-years-old father has been complaining about difficulty in swallowing for four months. So we did an endoscopy and CT scan, and it looked like a 1.5 cm neoplasm. We thought it was esophagus cancer. But the biopsy showed no sign of dysplasia or metaplasia (in the first biopsy). Then... Read Full »
Dr. Manisha Raghunath Auradkar
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. The pathology reports are considered more accurate as the tissue sample is examined. So even if the CT (computed tomography) scan showed neoplasia-like features, a pathology report is followed when it comes to treatment. I have gone th... Read Full »
Are throat and sternal pain while swallowing indicate esophageal cancer?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 26-year-old male. I have intermittent slight pain while swallowing and also have slight sternum pain. What are the chances of esophageal cancer? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. My question now is not about pain but about the difficulty of swallowing. Do you swallow solid food easily or liquid food? Or no difference? Do you have reflux in the form of a burning sensation in your chest or your stomach? Do you have a bitter taste in your throat w... Read Full »
Why do I have the feeling of something stuck in the throat post COVID-19 infection?
Query: Hello doctor, I was diagnosed with COVID-19. My doctor prescribed me Dexamethasone, Famotidine 40 mg, Ab-FLO, Faronem 200 mg, and Zeet syrup. These medicines I took for 13 days as advised by the doctor. After that, lots of acne arises on my face. So I went to the dermatologist, and he recommended ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. First of all, let me congratulate you on being a COVID-19 survivor. Allopathic medicines have effects as well as side effects. They have side effects because they are effective. The acne that you had was probably the side effect of Dexamethasone (corticosterioid) that y... Read Full »
Why am I experiencing abdominal pain, burning tongue and throat, and gray-colored stools?
Query: Hi doctor, I have had severe reflux since January and was just diagnosed with GERD and grade C esophagitis in February. At the time the reflux started, I began having yellow stool with a lot of undigested food in it. My stool has not been brown once since this started and there is always undigested... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. To be very honest, it is little strange that you developed GERD symptoms in January and developed Grade C esophagitis due to reflux. Since most of the patients with chronic GERD do have acid reflux symptoms for many years before having worsening symptoms and developm... Read Full »
Is it safe to take Nexium for GERD after two weeks of pregnancy?
Query: Hi doctor, I am six weeks pregnant. I have struggled with GERD and esophagitis for years and my gastroenterologist put me on Nexium, which is the only thing that helps. I usually do a two-week treatment every year. My pregnancy is exacerbating the GERD. I just finished a two-week Nexium treatment a... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, the symptoms can get exacerbated during pregnancy. Nexium is a relatively safe acid-suppressing drug in pregnancy. You can continue it when you have symptoms. The other alternative is tablet Ranitidine. You can add tablet Ondansetron 4 mg twice daily for a week 30 mi... Read Full »
Are my symptoms of chest heaviness and tightness due to costochondritis?
Query: Hi doctor, I have been having ongoing chest heaviness and tightness unresponsive to inhalers and Prednisone. My chest X-ray has been normal, and a chest CT scan as well as stress echo and regular echocardiogram. The only diagnosis I have is esophagitis and gastritis, but I have been taking medicati... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Since your doctor has ruled out the respiratory and the medical causes of your chest tightness, possibilities are that of costochondritis or muscular weakness, fibromyalgia, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatic diseases. There are a few questions I need you to answer: Is t... Read Full »
Can stomach ulcers result in chest pain?
Query: Hi doctor, I was diagnosed with hepatitis B positive 18 months ago. My consultant told me that my condition is inactive and need no medication. Some months back, I was feeling hurt in my chest. I was later diagnosed with an ulcer. For some weeks now, I have been having pain around my chest, especia... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You have been diagnosed with inactive hepatitis B. For that, I will request you to send me all your laboratory work so that a decision about the treatment can be taken. You are now having central chest pain, which looks like to due to an esophageal ulcer called esoph... Read Full »
Why am I getting chest pain while having food?
Query: Hi doctor, I am having chest pain or esophagus pain while having food for the last two days. The pain is repeated for every 5 to 10 minutes. Please help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Chest pain can have various causes, and it is essential to consider different possibilities. Pain experienced while eating food could be linked to esophageal disorders such as esophagitis, esophageal erosions, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), esophageal spasm,... Read Full »
I feel like I have something stuck in my chest. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 27 year old male, and I feel like something is stuck in my chest for about a week now. And this feeling is not going away. It is very uncomfortable, and I am scared about having cancer. I have been to a doctor, and he says I have an inflamed esophagus, but medicines are not help... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Greetings of the day. Yes, it could be inflammation of the esophagus because it has an acute onset. Other possibilities are an esophageal stricture, causing narrowing of the lumen and pain while swallowing. There are various causes of inflammation and stricture of the... Read Full »