Dysphagia – A difficult diagnosis to swallow!
Swallowing difficulties impact normal life drastically not only for the patient but even their care givers. It often leads to malnutrition, dehydration and recurrent chest infections. Mortality rates are also significantly high among these patients. Sometimes, patients have recurrent hospital admission and prolonged hospitals stays leading to repeated courses of antibiotics and dependence on feeding […]
Dysphagia
Although most take swallowing for granted when young, increasing dysfunction and dysphagia are associated with ageing and diseases of ageing. Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a neglected entity but common in old age and in certain neurological disorders.The resulting morbidity and mortality is usually a consequence of aspiration, but difficult medical and ethical issues also arise relating […]