Dysphagia in the elderly may be related to foreign body in the esophagus, esophageal cancer and other factors, which can be treated by general treatment, medication and surgery. 1. Foreign body in the esophagus: after the appearance of foreign body in the esophagus, the elderly should avoid swallowing with force, and can follow the doctor’s instruction to remove the foreign body through direct laryngoscopy to alleviate the symptoms of dysphagia. 2. Esophageal cancer: when the elderly have dysphagia caused by esophageal cancer, they can be treated by nasal feeding diet, intravenous infusion of nutritional fluid, etc., and use cisplatin, paclitaxel and other medicines as prescribed by doctors for the treatment, and they can be excised from cancerous parts as early as possible according to their conditions and cooperate with lymph node dissection. Dysphagia in the elderly may also be related to pharyngitis, esophageal spasm, pancreatic achalasia, etc. It is suggested that patients should consult the doctor in time to find out the cause of the disease and then actively carry out treatment.