What are the symptoms of swallowing disorders?

What are the symptoms of swallowing disorders?

Jason Hamilton (Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon) gives expert video advice on: What causes swallowing disorders?; How are swallowing disorders treated? and more...

Typically patients with dysphagia, or swallowing disorders, will feel like they have an obstruction to their swallowing. They won't just have a sensation like a tickle in their throat, they'll actually feel like they have the inability to swallow food. Patients also have trouble with liquids, as if they have difficulty swallowing and have dysphagia, they may aspirate those liquids into their lungs and have problems with coughing as well. Dysphagia can also be signaled by either problems like chewing food or moving the tongue, or problems with the voice. These all can be signs that there is something neurologically wrong and that that's causing the problems with the swallowing.