What are the symptoms of esophageal diverticulum?

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Esophageal diverticulum is not uncommon. My grandfather is old and living alone. He is over sixty years old. Recently, he often has dysphagia and food reflux. To the hospital examination, found suffering from esophageal diverticulum. When I visited him, he told me about the symptoms of the disease. Now, let me share with you.

What are the symptoms of esophageal diverticulum?

First, the severity of the symptoms is related to the type and development of diverticulum. In the initial stage, most of them have no symptoms, or have a sense of foreign body in the pharynx, a short-term sense of food stagnation, and more salivation. With the expansion of diverticulum and difficulty in emptying, it can show slow progressive dysphagia, belch, nausea, and reflux of undigested food and mucus, which is related to the change of body position.

Second, pharyngeal diverticulum occurs in the weak area between the hypopharyngeal constrictor and the cricopharyngeal muscle. When some patients eat, the neck root is full or there are masses, which are mostly located on the left side. They can empty the diverticulum by massage. Gargle can be heard when drinking water. Bad breath. Large diverticulum can appear obvious compression symptoms, such as hoarseness, dyspnea, severe dysphagia, even unable to eat.

Third: malnutrition, edema or cachexia may occur. Supradiaphragmatic diverticulum often has position related intermittent vomiting and chest back pain, sometimes similar to angina pectoris.

matters needing attention

In diet, we should pay attention to light and easy to digest food, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, increase the content of high-quality protein, avoid overeating, avoid spicy food, avoid eating too sour and sweet food, avoid smoking and drinking, and avoid lying down within half an hour after meals.