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Symptom Checker
Step 4: Read and complete the decision guide to learn more about your symptoms.
Swallowing Difficulty
Glad you decided to proceed with the guide.
Let's determine when and where do you feel the most discomfort? The possibilities include:
- When you begin to swallow, as you try to empty chewed food from your mouth
- Right after you swallow; with discomfort in your throat, at the level of your neck
- As food travels further down your esophagus, at the level of your chest
Which of the following applies to you?
It's hard to move food out of my mouth.
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