DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Swallowing problems
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...
Swallowing problems - List of case studies
- List of Symptoms
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Deep asthenia Deep sleep Deficient taste and swallowing Deficit in motility Deficit in the oral comprehension of ... Diffused urticarioid skin eruptions Digestive problems Diminished appetite Disability Disinhibition ...
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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knees Brittle diabetes Broken hip Bronchial problems Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia Bronchitis ... Defects in filling Deficient taste and swallowing Deficit in motility Deficit of cranial nerves ...
- Cervical Dystonia – additional opinion
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47-year-old female with neck problems underwent Blink Reflex tests and EMG of the neck, and was diagnosed ... by other neurological signs and symptoms such as swallowing problems, speech problems, cognitive loss and walking problems. ...