Problem
Dysphagia
Other Names:
Difficulty in swallowingImpairment of swallowing
Impairment of chewing
Nature:
Dysphagia is difficulty in swallowing. Although classified under "symptoms and signs" in ICD-10, in some contexts it is classified as a condition in its own right.
It may be a sensation that suggests difficulty in the passage of solids or liquids from the mouth to the stomach, a lack of pharyngeal sensation or various other inadequacies of the swallowing mechanism. Dysphagia is distinguished from other symptoms including odynophagia, which is defined as painful swallowing, and globus, which is the sensation of a lump in the throat. A person can have dysphagia without odynophagia (dysfunction without pain), odynophagia without dysphagia (pain without dysfunction) or both together. A psychogenic dysphagia is known as phagophobia.
Broader Problems:
Diseases of the digestive systemSymptoms of digestive system diseases References:
Logemann, J A: Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing DisordersGroher, Michael E: Dysphagia: diagnosis and management Subject(s):
Health Care → HandicappedMedicine → Digestive system
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST