Dysphagia

Individuals with conditions such as dementia, neuromuscular diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease, post-stroke, mechanical or obstruction conditions, including head- and neck-related carcinoma and eosinophilic esophagitis, often have swallowing disorders/dysphagia (1, 2).

Dysphagia usually presents as a nutrition problem/nutrition diagnosis that is identified during a nutrition assessment (3). Other related nutrition diagnoses may include inadequate