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...
Do You Have Swallowing Problem? Oro-pharyngeal dysphagia is a common symptom in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and related disorders, even in the early stage of disease, however, dysphagia in persons with Parkinson’s (PWP) has been underdiagnosed and...
This year has been challenging with two strong Hurricanes impacting the area where I live and causing closure of my office location in Punta Gorda. But fortunately access to Telehealth has allowed me to continue to work with patients, and in fact broaden my reach to...
Too Much Saliva or Infrequent Swallowing? Drooling, can be an embarrassing and annoying problem for individuals with a neurodegenerative disease, and a fairly common complaint I hear from patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is: “I have too much saliva.” Whether the...
Dysphagia Awareness Month On September 27, 2008, the US Congress passed a bipartisan statute which declared June as National Dysphagia Awareness Month. Dysphagia Awareness Month provides an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about what dysphagia is, its...
