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Swallowing Disorders

These are disorders in which a person’s swallowing ability or function is affected.

Absent swallow reflex and delayed swallow reflex

Achalasia

Antegrade Cricopharyngeal dysfunction (A-CPD)

· Zenker’s diverticulum (ZD)

Aspiration

Aspiration pneumonia

· Gross aspiration vs. trace aspiration

· Silent aspiration

Cervical osteophyte

Choking

Cricopharyngeal spasm (CPS)

Dysphagia

· Pill dysphagia

Early spillover

Food lodgment

Foreign body

Inability to initiate swallow

Laryngeal penetration

Nasopharyngeal reflux

Pharyngocutaneous fistula

Pooling

Post-swallow hypopharyngeal reflux

Presbyphagia

Stenosis:

· Esophageal stenosis

· Hypopharyngeal stenosis