Swallowing Difficulties

Swallowing Difficulties - Symptoms

Coughing during eating and drinking or shortly after eating / drinking
A wet / gurgly voice during or after eating
A tendency to hold food or drink in the mouth for prolonged periods of time
Difficulty eating hard, chewy or crumbly foods
Shortness of breath induced by eating or drinking
A long time taken to eat or drink - e.g. 45 minutes - 1 hour
Loss of weight because of a prolonged eating time, poor appetite or avoidance of certain foods.
Recurrent chest infections or pneumonia requiring hospitalisation
Drooling of saliva or inability to swallow ones own secretions
Refusal to eat

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Dietetics

Article contributed by Department of Dietetics

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