Dysphagia

What is Dysphagia?

One of the problems is dysphagia or difficulty in swallowing. It can develop in your mouth, throat or esophagus (food pipe). Dysphagia is confused with dysphasia (speech problem) but the former word specifically refers to the act of swallowing. patients at GastroDoxs in Cypress, we look into what goes wrong and demonstrate the ability to swallow safely again.

Common Symptoms

This can be accompanied by any of the following:

• Food stayed down your throat or your chest.
• Coughing/choking when eating or drinking.
• Subterranean food production/salivation.
• Toile etiology Accidental vomiting and dehydration.
• Young pneumonia or chest Junction, pneumonia, or chest.

Causes

Dysphagia can be caused by a number of medical issues and they include:

• Stroke, Parkinsonism, neurological disease.
• Muscle (scleroderma, Myasthenia gravis) diseases.
• There is esophagial strictures or constriction upon the esophagus.
• Tumors of the endometria, throat or esophagus.
• Acid reflux disease (GERD)
• Muscles of the throat which are tremendous or sore.

Treatment Options for Dysphagia in Cypress

The treatment includes individual therapies and medical procedures:

• Intensive training in regards to speech-language pathologist to coordination and tightening of muscles in swallowing.
• Diet modifications: The adoption of soft or pureed food and the replacement of liquid by thickened liquid to reduce the likelihood of choking and aspiration.
• Medications: proton pump inhibitor or H 2 blockers, to alleviate reflux, and muscle relaxants, to alleviate esophageal spasms.
• Botox injections: Botulism toxin is also employed to inject the hyper-irritable muscles of the throat to lessen tightness and increase the swallow reflex.
• Endoscopic dilation: The dilation of constricted places or strictures of the esophagus using a balloon or bougee to balloon them.
• Surgical interventions: Structural obstruction surgery, ectopic muscle surgery, myotomy, and tumor surgery.