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  1. #TIL there's a café with a dysphagia friendly menu. Nonna's Cucina in Holden Hill #Adelaide #disability #dysphagia

  2. Retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction prevents upper‑esophageal gas release, producing significant aerodigestive symptoms. Emerging evidence shows targeted Botox injection can restore burping via neuromuscular retraining. #RCPD #Dysphagia #Otolaryngology #SciComm #ScienceQuickly

    scientificamerican.com/podcast

  3. Even though I can't swallow due to #dysphagia related to my #Parkinsons plus MSA, I just spent a few minutes gargling a shot of Black Label Scotch. It's my "treat."

    Every now and then I do it because I like the taste.

    Every day, I do it with strong, hot coffee that is as hot as I can stand it.

    When Penny eats her dinner, I also join her at the table, and the place setting, esp if we have company, is similar to this previous image I posted.

    I also have a kit like this for if we go out to dinner to a restaurant. I have a long extension that comes out from under my shirt and I then push my meal through, at a "bite" pace similar to the other people eating food. I mainly do it because the other people I am with don't feel as bad eating in front of me, which I got over in 2012

  4. Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE): Lessons Learned from Medicaid and the UVA EoE Cohort

    youtube.com/live/wt4gW_asI7g?s

    presentation by Dr Emily McGowan at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Feb 9, 2024

    - EoE incidence increasing [18:28]

    - EoE is induced in mouse model with SDS, a detergent used in toothpaste. [21:28]

    - even when eosinophils are cleared with anti-IL-5 Ab, symptoms remain [29:00]

    comment: I & many others with MCAS have dysphagia. If eosinophils are at the party, it is usually b/c mast cells invited them. Also, MCAS affects women more.

    - they usually take more than 5 biopsy samples when trying to diagnose EoE [16:10]

    - EoE is IgG4 mediated [44:26]

    - EoE associated with high socioeconomic status; Dr McGowan suspects this is due to underdiagnosis in ppl w/ less access to care.

    comment: it would be interesting to know of EoE is associated with high PFAS burden, which is higher in ppl w/ higher income. PFAS have surfactant properties, like SDS. Also, there's increasing use of powerful surfactants in herbicides due to development of herbicide resistance.

    - the Cytosponge for minimally invasive diagnostic testing [37:56]

    #Allergy #Immunology #Gastroeneterology #EosinophilicEsophagitis #Eosinophils #MastCells #MCAS #dysphagia

  5. Pre-hospitalization dysphagia and feeding tube placement in #NursingHome residents with advanced #Dementia.

    "...possibility that feeding tubes are inserted in some individuals without #dysphagia, but instead in those with a temporary reduction in function secondary to an #infection..."

    #Geriatrics #MedMastodon #Nutrition #Health #Care

    agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wile

  6. What is the national burden of #dysphagia attributable to #opioid-induced esophageal dysfunction?

    Our new study in #CTGJournal found NO correlation between opioid use & ambulatory visits for dysphagia

    ➡️Opioid-related manometry changes may be clinically relevant only in a subset of patients

    🔗doi.org/10.14309/ctg.000000000

  7. @BronwynHemsley Simon Darcy, Fiona Given, Brad R. Murray & Susan Balandin (2022) GOING THIRSTY FOR THE TURTLES: Plastic straw bans, people with swallowing disability, and Sustainable Development Goal 14, Life Below Water, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022. @slp_slt @slpfedi #sustainability #Plastic #dysphagia #swallowing #environment