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It is heartbreaking to watch someone with a swallowing disorder give up the flavors they love because they are given a feeding tube and told to live on baby food. If prepared at the right thickness and texture, many victims of dysphagia can enjoy the same flavors at mealtime as the rest of their family.
Dysphagia is the name for a medical condition in which a person has difficulty swallowing. The symptoms of dysphagia are associated with a number of diseases. Each of the links, below, has more details about specific diseases and injuries.
Diseases/Symptoms Associated with Dysphagia |  |
A common thread of these diseases is that they typically involve swallowing disorders and someone that has difficulty swallowing needs to have their foods prepared in a special way to make them safer and easier to swallow. Liquids or foods that are too thin can be just as hard to swallow as ones that are too thick. Hence, the National Dysphagia Textures were developed as a guideline for preparing foods of proper texture and liquid consistency.
Leading dietitians such as Pam Womack, RD, have developed recipes for home health care of a person with dysphagia and Challenge Enterprises, Inc. is proud to bring that self-help information to you in the Challenge Books series.
Click to learn about Dysphagia-related Recipes.