[1][2] The pain may be felt in the mouth or throat and can occur with or without difficulty swallowing.
[4] Odynophagia often results in inadvertent weight loss.
The term is from odyno- 'pain' and phagō 'to eat'.
Odynophagia may have environmental or behavioral causes, such as: It can also be caused by certain medical conditions, such as: Quotations related to Odynophagia at Wikiquote
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