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Complications could include:
Discomfort; Airway blockage; Difficulties with speaking, chewing, or swallowing;
Source:ADAM
Date:July 20, 2009
Difficulty with swallowing is the sensation that food is stuck in the throat, or from the neck down to just above the abdomen behind the breastbone (sternum.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 20, 2009
Swallowing disorders (also called dysphagia) are any conditions that cause impairment of the movement of solids or fluids from the mouth, down the throat, and into the stomach.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Dysarthria is a speech diagnostic term that can be used to classify various types of neuromuscular speech disturbances. Dysarthria results from notable degrees of one or more abnormalities involving speech musculature, including weakness, paralysi...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Dysarthria is a group of speech impairments due to weakness, incoordination, spasticity, rigidity, or irregular movements caused by damage to the nervous system.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
An acute upper airway obstruction is a blockage of the upper airway, which can be in the trachea, voice box (laryngeal), or throat (pharyngeal) areas.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 8, 2009
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