CancerCompass message board discussion started by michael112 on 2/13/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,20920,0.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ ok so heres the deal i have problems when i eat sometimes the food gets like stuck in my throat and i hiccup and eventually the food goes down it hurts but it goes down i have constant heart burn and sometimes when the food doesnt go down i throw it up i try not to throw it up but it just happens, i have been researching and got some advice from a phisiology tacher  does anyone think that i have ec or is it something else? :)thanks michael112 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT I agree with "tongrenhealer", there could be a narrow part or some muscular disease. One that can strike young people is Achalasia, it gives the symptoms you describe. It can also be some other benign disease. You can check it up with a gastroscope or by manometry, which measures muscle contractions in the esophagus. Good luck! Cactuslime Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT