What to do if you eat something that feels like it’s blocking your esophagus

Eating feeling blocked in the esophagus, may be a foreign body stuck, pancreatic dystrophy, esophageal tumors, etc., need to target to take general treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment.
1. Stuck foreign body: It may be caused by hard foreign body such as bone or fishbone, which is stuck in the esophageal wall causing foreign body embedded, if the stuck position is not deep, the foreign body can be taken out by other people using tweezers and other tools, if the stuck position is deeper, it is necessary to go to the hospital and have the foreign body taken out by the doctor under the assistance of gastroscope.
2. Cardia dystrophy: It is mainly caused by abnormal peristalsis and relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. Try to eat as little indigestible food as possible, and it is often necessary to take nifedipine and other medicines to help relieve the symptoms. Stenting or dilatation can also be used, and if necessary, transluminal modified Heller surgery or endoscopic POME surgery can be used.
3. Esophageal tumors: benign and malignant tumors may cause stuffy feeling in the esophagus area, which needs timely surgical treatment.
Eating feeling blocked in the esophagus, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to find out the cause of targeted treatment.