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what is megaesophagus and what can be done if there isnt a reason causing it?

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Age: <1; Female; Breed: min pin

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dye xray confirms megaesophagus

Submitted: 1349 days and 10 hours ago.
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The only thing that can be done for this is supportive care with special feeding methods etc to try and keep the dog from breathing in food or water.
You can read about this problem here
www.marvistavet.com/html/megaesophagus.html
and it has an animated demo to show you what the problem looks like inside the dog.
Hope this helps you!

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Expert: NancyH
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Answered: 3/14/2006

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