You can’t eat with a perforated esophagus. Esophageal perforation refers to the rupture of the whole esophagus due to mechanical, chemical or certain diseases, which is one of the serious gastrointestinal emergencies. Clinical symptoms mainly include pain at the perforation site, difficulty in swallowing, choking on drinking water, subcutaneous emphysema, etc., as well as the contents of the digestive tract entering the lungs, mediastinum, pericardium and other parts of the lungs through the rupture, thus secondary to the corresponding complications. After perforation of the esophagus, it is necessary to forbid eating and drinking, if eating, the food taken may enter the lungs and mediastinum through the breach and cause serious infection, and enter the pericardium, acute pericarditis or pericardial tamponade may occur, which may even be life-threatening in serious cases. Therefore, once perforation of the esophagus is detected, the patient can not eat through the mouth, and need to wait for the breach to be closed or to be cured before eating again. If there is any discomfort, it is necessary to consult a doctor in time and standardize the treatment under the guidance of a specialist, so as to avoid delaying the condition.