History

Question 1

What are the alarm symptoms that show that it can be cancer

Answer 1

• dysphagia and vomiting
• change in bowel habit: diarrhoea and constipation
• rectal bleed
• jaundice
• lump in abdomen

Accompanied with

• anorexia
• early satiety
• weight loss

Question 2

what is dysphagia

Answer 2

Difficulty swallowing

Question 3

What is Odynophagia

Answer 3

pain on swallowing

Question 4

what is the 
- nature 
- risk factors 
- cause 
of mechanical dysphagia

Answer 4

• Nature - progressive
• risk factors - solids greater than liquids
• cause - oesophageal strictures, malignant greater than benign

Question 5

what is the 
- nature 
- risk factors 
- cause 
of dysmotility dysphagia

Answer 5

• nature - intermittent
• risk factors - liquids create than solids and increase in cold and stress
• cause - motility disorders: Achalasia