Adult Dysphagia: Treatment Treatment of dysphagia may include restoration of normal swallow function (rehabilitative modifications to diet consistency and patient behavior (compensatory or some combination of these two approaches. Neuromuscular disease and extubation dysphagia Post-extubation dysphagia is a common and serious problem. Oropharyngeal dysphagia is difficulty emptying material from the oropharynx into the esophagus it from abnormal function proximal to the esophagus.
Impaired Swallowing: Abnormal functioning of the swallowing mechanism associated with deficits in oral, pharyngeal, or esophageal structure or function. Neurogenic dysphagia is often a symptom of systemic (body-wide) disease, so your doctor will want to treat the underlying disease as much as possible. The presence of neuromuscular disease at the time of intubation is likely to increase this.