She feels like vomiting, but it's really difficult for her to do so. Only a little bit comes back up, and it's usually mostly just liquid. Sometimes she goes to the doctor, but the doctor only prescribes medicine which she can't seem to swallow anyway (some pills: don't know what they are; she just throws the medicine back up).
Whenever she gets food stuck like this her condition seems quite serious. Her headaches are really painful, she has trouble falling asleep, and she can barely move around. It usually lasts 8-12 hours, until eventually she sleeps it off.
We thought it may have something to do with not chewing properly, or eating overly spicy food, or eating too quickly, or maybe even stress. But we're not really sure what the cause is.
The food seems to be getting stuck at the lower end of her esophagus, nearer her stomach.
Does anyone know what's going on? And whether there's anything that can be done to help her?
2007-06-04
01:11:05
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Boz
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