A report published in The Journal of Emergency Medicine describes the use of oral nitroglycerin solution in 2 cases of oesophagal food impaction which is often seen in the patient taking food without adequate water and chewing it properly or taking hard spicy food with less saliva or motility disorders of the oesophagus or having cardiospasm or malignancy. In the first case, a 49-year-old male presented to the emergency department with dysphagia 30 minutes after eating steak.
He received oral nitroglycerin solution (nitroglycerin 0.4mg sublingual tablet dissolved in 10mL of tap water) and subsequently experienced complete resolution of impaction sensation within 2 minutes. In a separate case, a 43-year-old male with eosinophilic esophagitis presented to the emergency department with dysphagia and epigastric discomfort 110 minutes after having a meal consisting of steak and potatoes.…
