4. Food will come back up when you have dysphagia.
Once the food is swallowed, it won’t be able to make it to your stomach, so you will vomit. Even if you take your time eating, the same thing will happen. Sometimes the wrong kinds of foods will aggravate dysphagia.
The doctor will suggest trying to get foods that are softer, such as applesauce. Liquids will come back up when you have dysphagia. You shouldn’t drink from a straw because that’ll make dysphagia worse. The straw will cause you to drink faster and just make the liquid come back up.
Once you are seen by a doctor and he or she is able to determine you have dysphagia, the doctor will suggest some things you can do to help the food from coming back up. Since you have dysphagia, you won’t be able to eat the same foods that you used to.