What is an indication of impaired swallowing?

Dysphagia is the medical term for swallowing difficulties. Other signs of dysphagia include: coughing or choking when eating or drinking. bringing food back up, sometimes through the nose. a sensation that food is stuck in your throat or chest. persistent drooling of saliva.

What is the cause of difficulty in swallowing?

Certain disorders — such as multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Parkinson’s disease — can cause dysphagia. Neurological damage. Sudden neurological damage, such as from a stroke or brain or spinal cord injury, can affect your ability to swallow. Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum (Zenker’s diverticulum).

What are the three parts of the nursing diagnosis?

The three main components of a nursing diagnosis are:

• Problem and its definition.
• Etiology or risk factors.
• Defining characteristics or risk factors.

What risk are increased due to dysphagia?

If you often choke on your food because of dysphagia, you may also be at an increased risk of developing a condition called aspiration pneumonia.

What do you need to know about impaired swallowing?

Patient verbalizes appropriate maneuvers to prevent choking and aspiration: positioning during eating, type of food tolerated, and safe environment. Assessment is necessary to determine potential problems that may have lead to Impaired Swallowing as well as handle any difficulty that may appear during nursing care.

Are there any nursing interventions for impaired swallowing?

Cognitive deficits can result in aspiration even if able to swallow adequately. The following are the therapeutic nursing interventions for Impaired Swallowing: Before mealtime, provide for adequate rest periods. Fatigue can further add to swallowing impairment. The patient can more concentrate when external stimuli are removed.

What do you need to know about neuromuscular impairment?

neuromuscular impairment (e.g., decreased or absent gag reflex, decreased strength or excursion of muscles involved in mastication, perceptual impairment, or facial paralysis); 1. Determine client’s readiness to eat. Client needs to be alert, able to follow instructions, hold head erect, and able to move tongue in mouth.

What makes a stroke a swallowing, impaired diagnosis?

Swallowing, impaired Because it’s airway and is a potential problem…if the patient does actually have trouble with swallowing, then it would become actual and become “swallowing, impaired”. Because 2 and 3 are the difference between actual and potential and are of equal importance in maintaining airway…and then nutrition.