DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Poor feeding
Dysphagia
Dysphagia is the medical term for the symptom of difficulty in swallowing. Although classified under "symptoms and signs" in ICD-10, the term is sometimes used as a condition in its own right. Sufferers are sometimes unaware of their dysphagia. It is derived from the Greek dys meaning bad or disordered, and phago meaning "eat". It is a sensation that suggests difficulty in the passage of solids or liquids from the mouth to the stomach. Dysphagia is distinguished from other symptoms including odynophagia, which is defined as painful swallowing, and globus, which is the sensation of a lump in the throat...
Poor feeding - List of case studies
- List of Symptoms
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swelling Faint rash Falls Fatigue Feeding difficulties Feeding problems Feeling hot or cold Feeling of discomfort (when the ... limb) Pollakiuria Polyps Polyuria Poor feeding Postural backache Problems of blurred vision ...
- Psychomotor retardation due to spinal amyotrophy
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are very important to track. Given the history of feeding difficulties , I would suspect the patient will be falling ... trunk? If I am interpreting this correctly, the child has poor trunk control much like a rag doll? Would recommend ordering b ...
- Possible Anorexia, Vomiting, Failure to Gain Weight and Linear Growth Retardation
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with birth height of 31 cm. Her major problems have been poor feeding, failure to gain weight and linear growth retardation. The poor feeding ...
- Feeding problems, vomiting and short stature in prematurely born child
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was 5 months old. Her major problems since have been: poor feeding, failure to gain weight and linear growth retardation. The poor feeding ...