Drooling is not only for infants and young children! A 60-year-old surnamed Li has symptoms of dysphagia, which not only leads to drooling at ordinary times, but also often accidentally let food fall out of his mouth when eating, even chewing After eating, the residual food remained on the inside of the left cheek without knowing it, which made oral cleaning more difficult, and the difficulty in swallowing greatly affected the quality of life, and also made him shy and dare not go out for public activities.
Mr. Li, who has been troubled for a long time, recently went to the rehabilitation department of Zhushan Xiuchuan Hospital for help. With the assistance of rehabilitation doctors and speech therapists, he used the “Vitalstim Life Sustaining Electric Stimulation Swallowing Therapy Device” with appropriate rehabilitation exercises. After 12 rehabilitation sessions, the overall swallowing function has been greatly restored, which not only greatly improves the dilemma of involuntary drooling, but also does not drop food from the mouth following eating. After chewing, there will be no food left in the mouth. Simpler.
Chen Yaling, director of the Rehabilitation Department of Zhushan Xiu Chuan Hospital, said that stroke, senile dysphagia, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, brain injury and other conditions can easily cause dysphagia, and the symptoms vary. With the assistance of a teacher, proper rehabilitation exercises and the use of equipment, most of them can improve their swallowing ability and greatly improve their quality of life.
Physician Chen Yaling pointed out that many people have difficulty swallowing following a stroke, which makes life and care troublesome. In fact, following the symptoms of dysphagia occur, the following conditions often occur, including choking when eating or drinking, and needing to swallow multiple times. To swallow food, if there is a foreign body sensation following swallowing, and the throat feels itchy, the throat needs to be cleared, the food is not swallowed, the meal time is too long, the food will flow out of the mouth or nasal cavity, there are too many food residues in the mouth following swallowing, following eating Hoarse voice or phlegm sound, often unconsciously drooling or choking on saliva and weight loss for unknown reasons, and even lead to recurrent pneumonia.
Speech therapist Lin Peici said that in order to solve the problem of dysphagia, a new type of equipment has been introduced recently. People suffering from dysphagia can use the “Vitalstim Life-Sustaining Electrical Stimulation Swallowing Therapy Device” to improve and enhance their swallowing ability, thereby enhancing their lives. quality.
