Patients suffering from dysphagia may experience the following:
- Difficulty chewing
- Difficulty initiating a swallow (gulping action)
- Coughing/choking/gagging when swallowing
- Difficulty controlling food in the mouth
- Pain while swallowing
- Feeling something “stuck” in the throat or behind the breastbone
- Food or liquid “coming back up” after swallowing (regurgitation)
- Frequent heartburn
- Having food or stomach acid back up into the throat
- Frequent throat clearing
- Hoarseness
- Drooling
- Nasal drainage
- Nasal regurgitation
- Shortness of breath