INTRODUCTION Despite multiple studies reporting marked benefit of botulinum toxin (BTX) for treatment of cricopharyngeal dysphagia, little is known about its safety for this indication. We examined the safety of cricopharyngeal BTX for dysphagia in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). METHODS We reviewed records of patients with OPMD who received cricopharyngeal BTX. RESULTS Twenty-fo...

Dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) is a serious problem associated with malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration pneumonia, and death. Its well‐known causes include stroke, neuromuscular disease, and head and neck cancer, and these affect muscles and sensa‐ tion during deglutition. In recent years, dysphagia due to sarcopenia (i.e. “sarcopenic dysphagia”) has been reported as a new concept. Sarco...

CONTEXT Dysphagia and sialorrhea in patients with Parkinson's disease are both automatically accepted as dependent on this neurological disease. OBJECTIVE The aim were to establish if these two complaints are a consequence or associated manifestations of Parkinson's disease. METHOD Two Parkinson's diseases groups from the same outpatients' population were studied. Patients in the first grou...

BACKGROUND Many patients with advanced malignant dysphagia are not suitable for definitive treatment. The best option for palliation of dysphagia varies between patients. This paper looks at a simple technique for enhancing laser recanalisation. AIM To assess the value of adjunctive brachytherapy in prolonging palliation of malignant dysphagia by endoscopic laser therapy. PATIENTS Twenty tw...

Intracavitary radiotherapy (ICRT) for the palliative treatment of advanced esophageal cancer with dysphagia is currently performed at the University of Tokyo Hospital (Tokyo, Japan). In the present study, 24 patients exhibiting advanced esophageal cancer with dysphagia received palliative ICRT. ICRT, which was delivered 5 mm below the esophageal mucous membrane, with the exception of one case, ...

Stroke patient usually exposed to dysphagia, these patients may be recovered within several weeks but prolonged dysphagia can cause severe complications such as malnutrition, pneumonia, and dehydration. Also, it affects patient's quality of life mental health. So,

DEFINITION Dysphagia may be defined as difficulty in swallowing. Dysphagia may be classified as oropharyngeal or esophageal; oropharyngeal dysphagia arises from a structural or functional abnormality in the oropharynx, and esophageal dysphagia occurs as a result of structural or functional abnormalities in the esophagus. Esophageal dysphagia may be further subclassified symptomatically as dysph...

Dysphagia is common in the elderly with significant consequences such as aspiration and malnutrition. This study seeks to investigate oropharyngeal dysphagia in elderly patients with cervical fractures and determine whether the level of cervical fracture impacts the incidence of swallowing dysfunction. Records of trauma patients ≥65 admitted with cervical fractures over a 76-month period to a l...

This case describes a patient with parathyroid adenoma presenting dysphagia and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus without demonstrating lesion on imaging. The was detected during surgical exploration excised which resulted in the normalization of calcium sodium levels led to symptomatic relief from dysphagia.

There are an estimated 40% of people who have dysphagia (eating, drinking and swallowing problems) following stroke. This figure does not include populations who develop dysphagia due to other disease processes such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia. The risks of dysphagia include; developing aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition and dehydration. Management of dysphagia includes provision of mod...