Guest guest Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 I was diagnosed in early February with Diffuse Systemic Scleroderma, as well as Raynauds and Sjogrens. Had been to many many doctors over a period of 9 - 10 months before finding my answers in Boston. My question is, and I would appreciate your input, is when you have esophagus involvement, like reflux, difficulty swallowing, choking on water, etc. etc. does that necessarily mean that you are going to have severe organ involvement, or can you have the esophagus trouble and not have other organs involved. I have had a pretty bad sore throat for about three days, nothing I can really pinpoint to a cold or anything, terrible, at some times relentless dry cough, and today, all day it just seems like I cannot swallow properly and like food is kind of " sliding " so to speak down my throat rather than being pushed down - hope this is making some sense. Appreciate anything anyone can tell me. Secondly, is this permanent, or if I improve, will this part of the disease improve as well? Anthing anyone has used or taken to ease some of the discomfort and made swallowing easier? Thanks Gail **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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