DEFINITION
Dysphagia is difficulty swallowing.
A person may have difficulty moving food from the upper part of the throat into the esophagus due to an abnormality in the throat.
This problem most often occurs in people who have abnormalities in voluntary muscle (skeletal muscle) or persarafannya, namely patients:
- dermatomyositis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Muscular dystrophy
- polio
- Pseudobulbar paralysis
- Disorders of the brain and spinal cord such as Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease)
- People who drink phenothiazines (drugs antipsikosa) could also have difficulty swallowing because the drug affects the throat muscles.
If one of these abnormalities cause difficulty swallowing, the patient often brings back food or inhale through the nose into the trachea (windpipe) and will coughed.
In krikofaringeal incoordination, valve upper esophagus (muscular krikofaringeal) remain close or open uncoordinated manner.
Valve that allows food to function abnormally repeated entry into the trachea and lungs, leading to chronic lung disease.
The surgeon can correct this situation by cutting the valve so it is always in a state of relaxation.
When untreated, this condition can lead to the formation of a diverticulum, a pouch is formed when layers of the esophagus and pushed out backwards with through muscle krikofaringeal
