To many doctors, this is more than a symptom but a condition in its own right. Dysphagia as medically known, this is condition occurs when an individual faces difficulties in swallowing of food. Sufferers of this disorder sometimes do not even know. This is because of its painless nature unlike the odynophagia and globus that denote a lump formed in the throat. Swallowing disorders has therefore been a condition disturbing many.
In the physiology of swallowing, human beings ought to follow a series of steps right from scooping food from a plate. These steps include the below. The first one is the food preparation one. This step occurs in mouth where food is manipulated through chewing. In the second phase, the tongue, when ready, thrusts the food to the pharynx for swallowing. Both are voluntary processes and patients can be able to change them.
The third process is the pharyngeal stage. This stage occurs right in pharynx. It is the body part which is in between the throat and the esophagus preventing food from going into the trachea. The last stage is the esophageal stage. This is the stage where food passes the esophagus and goes right into the stomach. The first two stages can be controlled voluntarily. However the last two stages are incontrollable and involve a lot of body reflex. Failure in this causes this condition.
How one note he or she is suffering from this condition can is important. The symptoms include weight loss and malnutrition, voice change, drooling, uncomforting feeling in the throat and chest area, the sensation of a body or lump in the throat. One could also cough due to the inability of food to pass. Some of these symptoms occur exclusively and a time depends on the nature of the sufferer
If food passes to the wind pipe, then that is a recipe for disaster. This can cause aspiration pneumonia. This is dangerous as it can escalate to worsened medical cases. If food goes in wind pipe, normal people ought to cough, however, these do not. This is why patients have a wet voice whenever they speak during or after eating.
There is an array of causes of dysphagia. These include the Esophagial diverticula, esophageal atresia, dyspaghia lusoria, head injury, throat cancer, chest cancer, zenker diverticulum and the rings and webs in esophagus. Most of these cases cause the lumen to narrow limiting the passage of food and in advanced cases even fluids.
Doctors use a wide range of technology based procedures to analyze and note the problem. Esophagoscopy and the laryngoscopy are some of the equipment used to get the direct views. A CT scan can be used however it cannot lead to the doctors noting the cause of the swallowing disorder. This problem is common in elderly, those who have had strokes before and the sufferers of acute chronic disorders.
The treatment for dysphagia is basically surgery, medication and therapy. Therapy for the first two stages that can be voluntary altered. This dwells on dieting and eating habits. Then surgery and drugs, work on the remaining bunch of phases.
In the physiology of swallowing, human beings ought to follow a series of steps right from scooping food from a plate. These steps include the below. The first one is the food preparation one. This step occurs in mouth where food is manipulated through chewing. In the second phase, the tongue, when ready, thrusts the food to the pharynx for swallowing. Both are voluntary processes and patients can be able to change them.
The third process is the pharyngeal stage. This stage occurs right in pharynx. It is the body part which is in between the throat and the esophagus preventing food from going into the trachea. The last stage is the esophageal stage. This is the stage where food passes the esophagus and goes right into the stomach. The first two stages can be controlled voluntarily. However the last two stages are incontrollable and involve a lot of body reflex. Failure in this causes this condition.
How one note he or she is suffering from this condition can is important. The symptoms include weight loss and malnutrition, voice change, drooling, uncomforting feeling in the throat and chest area, the sensation of a body or lump in the throat. One could also cough due to the inability of food to pass. Some of these symptoms occur exclusively and a time depends on the nature of the sufferer
If food passes to the wind pipe, then that is a recipe for disaster. This can cause aspiration pneumonia. This is dangerous as it can escalate to worsened medical cases. If food goes in wind pipe, normal people ought to cough, however, these do not. This is why patients have a wet voice whenever they speak during or after eating.
There is an array of causes of dysphagia. These include the Esophagial diverticula, esophageal atresia, dyspaghia lusoria, head injury, throat cancer, chest cancer, zenker diverticulum and the rings and webs in esophagus. Most of these cases cause the lumen to narrow limiting the passage of food and in advanced cases even fluids.
Doctors use a wide range of technology based procedures to analyze and note the problem. Esophagoscopy and the laryngoscopy are some of the equipment used to get the direct views. A CT scan can be used however it cannot lead to the doctors noting the cause of the swallowing disorder. This problem is common in elderly, those who have had strokes before and the sufferers of acute chronic disorders.
The treatment for dysphagia is basically surgery, medication and therapy. Therapy for the first two stages that can be voluntary altered. This dwells on dieting and eating habits. Then surgery and drugs, work on the remaining bunch of phases.
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