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High risk with not swallowing pills correctly
Growing up you might remember your parents and guardians warning you to stay away from substances such as drain cleaners and strong detergents. Swallowing them can cause serious health damage, including esophagitis. Well, it turns out that if pills get caught in our throat, they can also cause esophagitis.
Doctors call it “drug-induced esophagitis.” There are more than one hundred different medications known to cause it. Some of them include antibiotics, aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications, such as ibuprofen. Vitamin C and iron supplements may also cause esophagitis if they get stuck in our throats.
The difficulty swallowing pills is a common problem. When the market research firm Harris Interactive conducted a health survey in the United States, they discovered that 40 percent of Americans have a hard time swallowing pills. But there is another category doctors are worried about: The overconfident. These are the people who think it is so easy to swallow medication that they don’t even bother to use water. Health officials say swallowing medication without water – or any beverage – can be dangerous.
What is esophagitis?
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