There are many causes of esophageal dysphagia, not simply esophageal cancer. The more common ones clinically are reflux esophagitis, esophageal spasm, and neurological dysphagia. It is recommended to first go to the hospital for gastroscopy, which can usually clarify the diagnosis.
If the symptoms are due to reflux esophagitis, gastrointestinal motility medications, such as domperidone tablets, along with the acid-suppressing drugs ranitidine, omeprazole, etc., can provide rapid relief of these symptoms. If it is due to neurological dysphagia, you can use some nerve-regulating drugs such as glutathione and vitamin B1 as appropriate, and be careful to relax to help relieve the symptoms.
There is another type of patient who has an esophageal hiatal hernia due to a long history of esophagitis, which is less common and may present with severe chest pain with dysphagia and requires prompt surgical treatment. Therefore, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time for a barium meal imaging or gastroscopy. Only after the cause of the disease is clarified can the right treatment be given.