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Swallowing difficulties, feeding
problems.
Hard to Swallow?
We swallow about
600 times a day (where else would all that saliva go!)
and only really think about it if we choke or, because of illness or disease, find
it difficult to swallow.
Besides directing food and fluids into the stomach, this reflexive action
protects
our lungs from "foreign bodies", so it can be alarming when the
normal, smooth,
automatic movement is impaired. But there are tried and tested techniques and
strategies
which can make swallowing easier for people who have difficulty, from whatever
cause.
The first step is to understand what actually happens when we swallow......
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