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Digestive & GastrointestinalModerate
Dysphagia
Audiology & Speech Therapy · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Moderate
Severity
Common, especially in older adults and stroke survivors — affects a significant proportion of hospitalized elderly patients
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Audiology & Speech Therapy
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Dysphagia can result from neurological conditions such as stroke
- 2Parkinson's disease
- 3or multiple sclerosis that impair the nerves and muscles coordinating the swallowing reflex
- 4as well as from structural problems such as esophageal strictures
- 5tumours
- 6or severe acid reflux that physically narrow or obstruct the swallowing pathway. Muscular conditions affecting the throat and esophagus
- 7and age-related decline in swallowing muscle strength
- 8can also contribute to difficulty swallowing. In children
- 9dysphagia can result from developmental or structural abnormalities present from birth.
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