What type of doctor would I go to for swallowing problems?

I have been having problems swallowing. Always feels like I have a ton of mucous and I feel like my swallow is off. What type of doctor handles this? And what is a swallow study, does it show the mechanics of how you swallow? Thanks.|||Start with an ENT, who may prescribe a swallowing study (also known as a "video swallow", "cookie swallow", or "videofluoroscopic swallowing study".


The study should be conducted by a speech pathologist proficient in the diagnosis and treatment of swallowing disorders. The radiologist and an x-ray tech will also be present.


You will be fed thin liquid barium, thickened liquid barium, barium-laced puree (usually applesauce), and a cookie smeared with barium (I always used bagels, as their texture more closely resembles meat than a cookie does). It actually takes far less barium for a video swallow than it takes for an upper GI series.


The study will show how material passes through your upper aerodigestive tract (mouth and throat) in real-time on a videotape or DVD. The speech pathologist will write up a report on the dynamics of your swallowing and recommendations for any needed treatment, which will be sent to your doctor. The radiologist will also send a report, but it won't be nearly as in-depth as the one from the speech pathologist.|||Go to a gastroenterologist and get checked for GERD. They'll be able to help you out more thoroughly!|||Go to your primary care doctor and he/she will likely refer you to an Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist. You could have dysphagia. A swallow study uses a fluoroscope to see what kind of swallowing problem you have. That is a kind of x-ray that shows movement as opposed to still pictures. Yes, it shows the mechanics of how you swallow. Your ENT may also want to run other tests. You don't want this to get worse.|||Actually - why don't you go to your primary care doctor first. They can treat a variety of problems and will be able to refer you to someone if they can't treat it.





Try a decongestant or antihistamine to help clear up the mucus.|||Gastrointerologist, or an otolaryngolist.|||an endochronologist?


thats the doctor of the glands. But i think that your regular doctor should be ok too|||Ears,nose, and throat doctor or an allergist to see if it is related to allergies.|||try this first





boil some water


turn off stove


and put so much salt in it that the water cant absorb anymore and it just sits there..





pour the water in a cup


and gargle all of it sip by sip.. should work|||Swallowing issues are really common in anxiety disorders. It's called "hysterical dysphagia." Go to a psychiatrist. Psychiatrists are physicians, so they know how to rule out possible physical causes--"Plummer-Vinson syndrome" for instance--before deciding your problem might be psychogenic. If it is psychogenic, then the psychiatrist himself can treat you.|||do you smoke? go to a throat specialist|||you should go to a ENT specialist.





Abnormalities of the pharynx and/or oral cavity may lead to oropharyngeal dysphagia. Abnormalities of the esophagus may lead to esophageal dysphagia.





you may have one of these.|||this problem is called dysphagia and it is due to mechanical problem like enlarged tonsils , some growth or neurological problem of inc ordination or functional due to hysteria. in your age most of problem are benign(innocent) but please consult some ear nose and throat splt followed by swallowing study if every thing is normal then some psychiatrist.|||the vet.


no j/k.


an ear nose and throat doctor.|||I would consult an ear, nose, and throat specialist if I were you. I did this about six years ago when I was experiencing swallowing difficulty. I was interrogated by the doctor. I then came in to him the concurrent day to have an x-ray done on how I swallowed. I had to drink barium to see if I had acalasia. I did have the condition. I have something physically abnormal with my esophagus. I have one that is miniscule. I am not, however, implying this is the case with you. I don't know whether it is or not. I think you should allow an ENT to investigate what is going on with your upper GI.