Dorner Becky
Director. 2002 Summer;10(3):107-10.
Have you ever swallowed a food or liquid only to have it "go down the wrong way"? If you have, then you have an idea of what it might be like to have a swallowing problem. Now multiply that experience times the more than 600 times a day that we normally swallow! Imagine how difficult it would be to deal with that on a daily basis. Approximately 6-15 million Americans are affected by dysplagia (chewing and swallowing problems). About 53-74% of nursing home residents, 14% of hospital patients and 33% of rehabilitation center patients have some form of dysphagia, which can have a dramatic impact on nutritional status.
你是否曾吞咽食物或液体时，结果它“走错了路”？如果你有过这种经历，那么你就能体会到吞咽问题可能是什么样的。现在，将这种经历乘以我们通常每天吞咽600多次的频率！想象一下，每天都要应对这种情况会有多困难。大约600万至1500万美国人受到吞咽困难（咀嚼和吞咽问题）的影响。疗养院居民中约53%至74%、医院患者中14%以及康复中心患者中33%都有某种形式的吞咽困难，这可能会对营养状况产生巨大影响。
