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Swallowing difficulty (dysphagia) Report
Swallowing difficulty is also known as dysphagia. It may result from neuromuscular disorder or mechanical obstruction.
What we've learned from patients who report Swallowing difficulty (dysphagia)
Symptom severities
|
Severe
|
90 |  |
|---|---|---|
|
Moderate
|
285 |  |
|
Mild
|
321 |  |
|
None
|
94 |  |
What patients report taking for the purpose of treating Swallowing difficulty (dysphagia)
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech / Language Therapy | 5 |  |
|
| Swallow Evaluation | 4 | |
|
| Barium Swallow Study | 4 | |
|
| Feeding Tube | 4 | |
|
| Chin-Tuck eating and drinking | 2 | |
|
| Domperidone | 2 | |
|
| Esophageal Dilatation | 2 | |
|
| Thick-It | 2 | |
|
| Speech Therapy Evaluation | 2 | |
|
| LSVT - Lee Silverman Voice Treatment | 2 | |
|
| PEG-Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy | 2 | |
|
| Allergy Shots | 1 | |
|
| Food Allergy Diet: gluten, eggs | 1 | |
|
| Omeprazole | 1 | |
|
| Gum Chewing | 1 | |
|
| Liquid diet | 1 | |
|
| MIC-KEY G-tube | 1 | |
|
| Benadryl | 1 | |
|
| Egg free diet | 1 | |
|
| Avoid Alcohol | 1 | |
|
| Pureed meals | 1 | |
|
| Upper Endoscopy | 1 | |
|
| Dexilant | 1 | |
|
| Diet modification | 1 | |
|
| Xanax | 1 | |
|
| Foam Bed Wedge | 1 | |
|
| Carbidopa-Levodopa 25-100 | 1 | |
|
| Eltroxin | 1 | |
|
| Thermal stimulation | 1 | |
|
| N-Acetylcysteine NAC | 1 | |
Report created on February 10, 2012.