> The trouble swallowing certain things, especially larger pills or vitamins
> is something that is new wit
> hin the last several months.  The pain from
> that seemed independent of the ulcers, since the the highest one is in the
> chest....the pills would not even get that far down before causing me a
> problem.  The thyroid pills were terrible and near impossible to get down.
> They seemed to just stop in my throat...very painful. Regardless of what
> drank after, they seemed to remain there for a couple of hours. Sometimes
I
> still feel a 'lump' in the throat, but it is not painful.  Now I can
> swallow pills again with little trouble.

Your symptoms sound exactly like mine with nutcracker esophagus.  It's
important to get this evaluated to determine if a more serious condition is
present which would need to be treated.

Esophageal motility problems are discerned by a X-Ray barium swallow study
which examines how you swallow.   It's an easy test to take.  Ask your
doctor about having the barium swallow.

If you swallow funny then there  is an esophageal manometry in which one
swallows a series of small tranducers attached serially on a thin lead.
Pressure is measured from the lower end to the upper end of the esophagus.
In this way if you are having spasms, the location of that spasm is mapped
out which determines which problem you have.

I have a benign condition called nutcracker esophagus in which powerful
spasms occur in the mid lower third of the esophagus  The diagnostics and
necessary to ruleout more dangerous conditions.  I'm indeed grateful that my
malady is benign and sometimes only a nuisance.

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