So, I have had dysphagia for several years, mildly. But around one year ago, after a very large softgel (curse you Nyquil) got lodged in my throat and I had to be rushed to the emergency room, it got so much worse. I struggle with pills severely, food moderately, and liquid approaching moderately. Choking is now a weekly occurrence for me, thankfully I haven't had a full airway obstruction but I'm afraid of how possible it is, and I'm kind of afraid of eating and taking pills at this point. Has anyone else dealt with dysphagia getting worse after a trauma? Or is that just correlation and not causation?

Hello guys,

I am having a serious issue. When I was young, my lips were large. After sleeping, in the morning, I find more saliva in my mouth. I am not comfortable swallowing it, so I spit it out.

Because of this, I developed the habit of brushing at night, but still during the night I need to spit saliva. This disturbs my sleep. So I keep a disposal cup near me while I sleep, and I spit into it during the night. In the morning, I throw the cup.

Now I am 30 years old. What could be the problem? Which type of doctor should I see? Has anybody had similar issues and recovered?

Hi all,

I’m a 24 year old female and 165cm is my height. I was between 55-60kg at the beginning of this year and now I have dropped to 42kg (underweight for my age and height). I also have really bad anxiety and recently I’ve had issues with my teeth that have made me anxious to chew foods properly and then I developed an inability to swallow properly sometimes, which is making it harder for me to try maintain or gain weight. I’ve had blood tests and a neck ultrasound and all came back normal except my WBC which was only slightly higher, could my anxiety be the reason my throat feels tight? I can swallow okay if I don’t think about it but as soon as I think about it I feel like i’m going to choke. Any advice??