Having trouble swallowing is frightening, but help is available to make eating and drinking easier with multiple sclerosis.
Dysphagia is a condition that makes it hard to swallow; if persistent, it may indicate a serious medical condition that requires treatment.
Dysphagia is difficulty or discomfort swallowing food, liquids, and saliva. Learn about the types, symptoms, causes, and treatment options for dysphagia.
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Dysphagia Therapy app helps medical speech-language pathologists find the best swallowing treatments with personalized evidence-based recommendations.
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Dysphagia means difficulty swallowing. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of dysphagia for people with swallowing disorders.
Swallowing difficulties are not only annoying, they can also be dangerous. Here you can find out everything you need to know about the disturbed swallowing.
As a speech-language pathologist, I have empathized with my dysphagia patients over the years as I watched them struggling to eat and drink pureed foods and thickened liquids which appeared very unappetizing. I listened to their complaints and tried to imagine how awful it would be to be on a modifi
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A big shout-out to Tanya for the inspiration for this blog!!! Education Education is such an important part of not only the dysphagia eval, but also throughout therapy. More than likely the patie…
Dysphagia is a common problem for many people who live with chronic illness or disability. Oral vitamin sprays may be a source of supplementation.
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Neurological conditions can lead to difficulties with swallowing, called dysphagia. Here are exercises recommended to improve swallowing function.
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Purpose This review presents the state of swallowing rehabilitation science as it relates to evidence for neural plastic changes in the brain. Th...
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Cranial Nerves and Swallowing: Speech-Language Pathologists need to know how cranial nerves impact swallowing. Patients need cranial nerve examinations.
Neurological conditions can lead to difficulties with swallowing, called dysphagia. Here are exercises recommended to improve swallowing function.
Dysphagia Therapy app helps medical speech-language pathologists find the best swallowing treatments with personalized evidence-based recommendations.
Swallowing disorders are common, especially in the elderly, and may cause dehydration, weight loss, aspiration pneumonia and airway obstruction. These disorders may affect the oral preparatory, oral propulsive, pharyngeal and/or esophageal phases of swallowing. Impaired swallowing, or dysphagia, may occur because of a wide variety of structural or functional conditions, including stroke, cancer, neurologic disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease. A thorough history and a careful physical examination are important in the diagnosis and treatment of swallowing disorders. The physical examination should include the neck, mouth, oropharynx and larynx, and a neurologic examination should also be performed. Supplemental studies are usually required. A videofluorographic swallowing study is particularly useful for identifying the pathophysiology of a swallowing disorder and for empirically testing therapeutic and compensatory techniques. Manometry and endoscopy may also be necessary. Disorders of oral and pharyngeal swallowing are usually amenable to rehabilitative measures, which may include dietary modification and training in specific swallowing techniques. Surgery is rarely indicated. In patients with severe disorders, it may be necessary to bypass the oral cavity and pharynx entirely and provide enteral or parenteral nutrition.
Find out if it's safe to swallow gum and what happens to your body when you do, according to doctors. Plus, get tips to help kids who have swallowed gum.
Dysphagia, also known as difficulty swallowing, can affect children or adults. There are numerous symptoms, causes, tests and treatment options for dysphagia.
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Nearly 80% of stroke survivors may experience dysphagia, a condition characterized by difficulty swallowing. In approximately 40% of survivors, post-stroke dysphagia becomes a persistent condition, lasting up to 6 months or longer. Swallowing exercises for stroke patients may help individuals overcome dysphagia and regain the ability to swallow safely and effectively. Speech-language pathologists, also known as […]
Sore Throat: A sore throat is habitually from irritation or inflammation of the throat that often worsens when you swallow. The most frequent cause (80%)
