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Experiencing Swallowing difficulty
309 patients currently experience Swallowing difficulty. See all
Diamondlil58 Sex: F Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: mild Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: mild Walking: moderate See profile Diamondlil58 mild
tazbaby4eva Sex: F Sensation: Severe Overall: Severe Cognition: severe Vision: severe Speech: moderate Swallowing: severe Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile tazbaby4eva severe
tmmjclole Sex: F Sensation: Severe Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile tmmjclole moderate

Swallowing difficulty Symptom Report

Swallowing difficulty is also known as dysphagia. It may result from neuromuscular disorder or mechanical obstruction. Read more...

What we've learned

Symptom Severities

Swallowing difficulty severity pie chart

Treatments Patients Take For Swallowing difficulty

Treatments Patients Take For Swallowing difficulty
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Feeding Tube	2	1%
Barium Swallow Study	1	0%
Speech Therapy Evaluation	1	0%

Report created on March 22, 2010.

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