Difficulty swallowing, taking more time and effort to move food or liquids from mouth to stomach ranging from mild difficulty to complete and painful blockage.
This can be caused by neuromuscular disorders or physical blockages in the throat and food pipe.

Flexible laryngoscopy / Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing / Barium swallow / Esophagogram/ Upper GI endoscopy are the tests done to ascertain the cause of dysphagia thus enables timely and effective management.