Best Doctors for Dysphagia Treatment in Bhopal

Dysphagia refers to difficulty in swallowing and is caused by multiple conditions associated with the nervous system and brain disorders, muscle disorders, and physical blockages in the throat. Dysphagia is divided into three types such as oral dysphagia, characterized by problems in the mouth, oropharyngeal dysphagia, which refers to problems of the throat and esophageal dysphagia, which includes problems of the esophagus. Dysphagia is mainly caused due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), brain tumors, cerebral palsy, dementia, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, achalasia, cricopharyngeal spasms, esophageal spasms, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, myositis, scleroderma, esophageal cancer, eosinophilic esophagitis, esophageal diverticulum, esophageal webs and Schatzki rings, acid reflux disease and bacterial tonsillitis. It is treated by prescribing medications, making lifestyle modifications, other medical therapies to treat the cause, and also by recommending tube feeding to deliver directly into the intestines and stomach if there is a risk of choking.