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Esophageal diverticulum
Is a pouch that protrudes outward in a weak portion of the esophageal lining. This pocket-like structure can appear anywhere in the esophageal lining between the throat and stomach.
Symptoms:
- Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing, characterized by a feeling of food caught in the throat)
- Pulmonary aspiration (the entry of secretions or foreign material into the trachea and lungs)
- Aspiration pneumonia (a lung infection caused by pulmonary aspiration)
- Regurgitation of swallowed food and saliva
- Pain when swallowing
- Cough
- Neck pain
- Weight loss
- Bad breath (halitosis)
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Gastroenterologist appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Urinalysis
- Blood test:
- Total protein
- Albumen
- Surgeon appointment
- Esophagus X-ray
- Esophagomanometry
Doctors
Gastroenterologist
