An encyclopedia about voice, swallowing, airway, coughing, & other head + neck 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
