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A dysphagia is any problem involving any part of the oral cavity, the pharynx (throat), esophagus, or gastroesophageal junction
These problems may include:
- Coughing during or after eating or drinking
- Difficulty with saliva, including drooling
- A wet-sounding voice, especially during or after eating
- Great effort used for chewing and/or swallowing
- Feeling that food may be swallowed “whole”
- Loss of food or liquid from the mouth
- Coating of mouth with food after swallowing
- Difficulty breathing after eating
- Food getting stuck in mouth or throat
- Needing to stuff mouth to swallow
- Slow eating (more than 30 minutes)
- Much throat clearing after eating
- Food or liquid entering the airway (aspiration)
- Feeling of food entering the back of the nose
- Signs of dehydration
- Signs of poor nutrition
- Lung infections (e.g., pneumonia)
- Unexplained weight loss