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Dysphagia

Dysphagia is a condition manifested by difficulty in swallowing. The disorder is significant in swallowing drinks, food and even the own saliva.

Swallowing is a reflexive movement controlled by the brain and processed by a finely tuned coordination of numerous individual muscles, muscle groups, joins, cartilage structures, as well as mucus membranes and salivary glands. A grown man swallows up to 2000 times per day.

Symptoms

The symptoms of dysphagia are drooling, biting of the tongue, lips or cheeks, leaking, aspiration, and retention. Coughing and the invasion of the saliva or food particlesinto the larynx are symptoms peculiar to dysphagia.

Complications

This type of swallowing disorder disappears after some time without a need for professional treatment. But dysphagia can be a symptom of neurological diseases that need to be treated immediately. It could also be a side effect of surgery of the mouth, throat and neck area.

Causes

It might be due to the loss of feeling in the tongue, lips and cheeks after a visit to the dentist, in which drooling would be marked. Floating food particles in the mouth, retention of dietary products in the cheek pouches, surgery or cancer would also cause dysphagia.

Natural Treatment
It is important to distinguish whether the person seeking advice needs specific tools, such as intraoral prostheses, eating and drinking aids requirement and / or whether he can learn under supervision with the help of a focused and high-frequency training for swallowing.

There are therapeutic measures for those affected by the condition which would involve relaxation and wellness programs. For extreme cases, any doctor can prescribe a speech therapy / language functions treatment.

The diet for a person with dysphagia includes mashed potatoes, puddings, and vegetable soups because they are the easiest to swallow.

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