Swallowing Impairment and Parkinson’s: Inevitable or Avoidable?

He was adamant. “I don’t have a swallowing problem.” This from a patient who had just coughed his way through half a cup of water, gasping for breath between spasms. It wasn’t until we sat down together and reviewed his video fluoroscopic swallowing study...

Aspiration the Boogieman of Dysphagia: What You Should Know

From time to time, a patient comes to me for treatment of their dysphagia (swallowing problem), but they have undergone a video-swallow study elsewhere. The disadvantage to me in those circumstances, is that I do not have access to the actual video to review. A...