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1 Common symptoms include heartburn and painful swallowing.  If undiagnosed or untreated, esophagitis can cause problems with swallowing, ulcers, scarring of the esophagus, or Barrett's esophagus, which can be a precursor to esophageal cancer.
Narrowing of the esophagus may result in one of more of the following symptoms 1  : Difficulty swallowing â dysphagia. 2  Painful swallowing â odynophagia. 3  Regurgitation of food. 4  Coughing during or after eating , at night. 5  Unintentional weight loss.