If food gets stuck in your throat but you aren’t choking, home remedies, including drinking a carbonated beverage, may help. But if you have severe symptoms like difficulty breathing, you may need ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (UPI) --If a piece of turkey becomes lodged in your throat this holiday season, experts recommend against trying to free it with cola -- an old wives' tale given new life through ...

…”there's always the chance that the esophagus will be perforated, leading to aspiration into the lungs.” Not correct. This appears to confuse “into the lungs” with “into the chest” A ruptured ...

Esophageal cancer is a serious disease that affects the esophagus, the tube carrying food from the throat to the stomach. It ...

Robin Meeks has lived on liquified chicken and potatoes for over 10 years. She's thankful that this Thanksgiving will be different.

The 4 stages of dysphagia range from mild to severe, but no single, universally accepted scale exists. Dysphagia refers to difficulty swallowing. It occurs when there is a disruption in one or more ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a condition that affects the esophagus, which is the tube through which food travels from your throat to your stomach. In EoE, white blood cells called eosinophils ...

Esophageal cancer represents one of the most challenging and often overlooked digestive system malignancies, developing in the tube that connects your throat to your stomach. This aggressive disease ...