Food gets stuck when eating-a bit of tmi

[milkmamamerina]

I have a problem and now my daughter(13 mos.) is showing signs of the same issue.

I have to be extremely careful to chew well and eat very slowly or I get a tightening sensation in my chest and nothing including liquids will go down. It's extremely uncomfortable. Sometimes it will self resolve and I can feel the food go down and other times I end up having to go to the bathroom and cough/gag it back out. Everthing I ate is always accompanies with a lot of thick clear mucous/saliva. I also get hiccups if I have a milder episode that self resolves.

Now my daughter (who also has a lot of food allergies) is exhibiting these same symptoms any time she is allowed to self feed.

I have dealt with this on and off since high school and it is mostly a big nuisance so I haven't sought out a doctor on it since it seemed like it would probably be fruitless or some side-effect ridden drug if not some sort of invasive procedure. But now that my daughter is facing the same thing so early, I would like to try to get to the bottom of it.

thoughts?

[texaspeach]

could it be a hiatal hernia or achalasia?

[moaningminny]

I would check out eosinophilic esophagitis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eosinophilic_esophagitis

[Pookietooth]

I have the same issue. Sorry, this is an old thread but I was interested in finding out more about it. I ended up in the ER the other night because of it. I hope I don't have eosinophilic esophagitis.

[KMK_Mama]

I've had a similar problem although not to this degree. I had what felt like a "lump" in my throat and now matter how hard I swallowed it felt like something was stuck in there. A few times....hours after eating, I would cough or sneeze up food. It would just come flying out. I went to the ENT and he said my esophagus was damaged and that I had silent reflux. I went on meds and it went away...mostly.

[Pookietooth]

I saw the gastroenterologist, and she said I have EE (Eosinophilic Esophagitis), so she sent me to the allergist. We will see what that does. I am thinking I'll probably have to do an elimination diet. Any one have any good links about EE in adults?

[neetling]

My FIL has had to have his esophagus stretched because of something similar. I don't remember what it was called though. His food would feel stuck. It's starting to happen t my husband now too.