Elderly people who take medicine burned esophagus will generally appear behind the sternum pain, dysphagia and other discomforts, usually does not lead to slurred speech.
Elderly people taking medicine burned to the esophagus, refers to the esophagus surface mucosa was damaged, generally manifested as post-sternal pain, dysphagia and other discomforts, serious due to the esophageal mucosal edema or swallowing food obstruction in the esophagus and then compressed with the accompanying trachea, the appearance of dyspnea. But generally does not cause slurred speech.
Elderly people need to be alert to the sudden slurring of words, whether it is a neurological disease, such as acute cerebral infarction, acute cerebral hemorrhage and so on. In addition, some of the elderly due to the decline in immunity, combined with herpes pharyngitis may also appear slurred speech, need to further otolaryngology or neurology consultation to clarify the diagnosis.