Dysphagia

Dysphagia is the difficulty or improper swallowing of liquids, solids, or even saliva. This book provides new research on the complications, management and clinical aspects of dysphagia. Chapter One reviews the development of normal swallowing in infants and children and protective reflexes to prevent aspiration; the pathophysiologic events that occur due to aspiration and some of the disease processes in children associated with dysphagia; and current methods of diagnosis of dysphagia and its therapy in children. Chapter Two focuses on dysphagia after suffering a stroke. Chapter Three discusses the incidence, mechanism, and treatment of dysphagia and pneumonia in acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Chapter Four reviews the epidemiology of dysphagia in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and the method of evaluating their swallowing problems.