![]() ![]() ![]() There may be a social impact, too: the person with MND may feel unable to eat with other people due to dysphagia. lengthy mealtimes, leading to food going cold.tiredness and loss of strength and wellbeing.aspiration and recurrent chest infection.dehydration and weight loss from not eating enough.sialorrhoea (drooling due to poor saliva control rather than excess production).a wet or muffled sounding voice after eating. ![]() more time needed for chewing, several swallows needed for each mouthful of food and becoming tired on eating and drinking.food not moving to the back of the mouth or disappearing down the throat due to a poor or absent swallow reflex, or an uncoordinated swallow caused by weak pharyngeal muscles.loss of ability to form lip seal, chew food with the tongue and/or form a bolus.This may be the first sign of early dysphagia. Problems swallowing liquids results in coughing when drinking. ![]()
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