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dysphagia [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Difficulty in swallowing. The patient experiences a "sense of obstruction" at a definite level when fluid or a bolus of food is swallowed.

OBS

Can be seen in myasthenia gravis and polymyositis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Sensation de gêne ou d'arrêt survenant lors de la déglutition et traduisant l'existence d'un obstacle organique ou d'un trouble moteur fonctionnel de l'œsophage, parfois du cardia.

OBS

Peut s'observer dans la myasthénie et les polymyosites.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
DEF

Dificultad para tragar o deglutir los alimentos.

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