• DeaDvey
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    1 day ago

    Is this true? I chew for a few minutes before swallowing normally, find it difficult to swallow otherwise.

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          I don’t even know how you keep the food in your mouth chewing that long. After a minute most of it has managed to make it’s way to my throat without any effort by me to get it there.

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            23 hours ago

            Yeah, I never really actively swallow, it’s too painful, I just wait for the food to slide down.

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              13 hours ago

              You should ask about getting a swallowing study done to find out what’s going on because that isn’t normal. It might be an esophageal stricture or spasm that can be fixed.

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                20 hours ago

                It’s probably just that I have a small mouth and throat.

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                  13 hours ago

                  If they are proportional to each other, you shouldn’t really be able to get more in your mouth than your esophagus can handle. There are some conditions that make the esophagus tense up wrong instead of making peristalsis.

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                    17 hours ago

                    Maybe uncomfortability is a better word?

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      afaik its more based on time than number of chews, food generally spends about 10-20 seconds in your mouth if you aren’t in a rush but it depends on the food and individual