Sentence examples for swallowing solid from inspiring English sources

It revealed that she undertook adeno-tonsillectomy under local anesthesia at the age of 23 in China, and since then she had been suffering from dysphagia (difficulty swallowing solid food).

Patients can suffer complications, and many still have trouble swallowing solid food after surgery.

Regarding construct validity, we found significant differences in some items related to swallowing solid, dry mouth, speaking, facial appearance and mouth opening among patient groups.

Dysphagia was graded according to a published method (0 = no dysphagia, 1 = difficulty swallowing solid food, 2 = able to swallow soft food, 3 = able to swallow liquids, and 4 = unable to swallow food).

A 71-year-old Asian man was referred to the orthopedic clinic of Navy General Hospital with the main complaint of chronic neck pain for 5 years and increased difficulty in swallowing solid food over the past 3 years.

According to the Kruskal Wallis test, there was no difference in the performance of swallowing solid boluses depending on the type of prosthesis used in the lower dental arch; in the HG, however, when applying the post-Dunn's test, this difference was not confirmed (P>0.05).

Maxillary obturator patients who received surgery alone scored better than those with radiotherapy on three items: mouth dryness, difficulty with swallowing solids, and opening the mouth.

There were differences in the performance in swallowing solids between individuals without prosthesis and those with partial prosthesis in the inferior dental arch (P=0.04) for the HG.

Dysphagia was scored before the treatment and at each subsequent PE, using a published dysphagia scale (Knyrim et al, 1993): a score of 0 denoted no dysphagia; 1, trouble in swallowing solids; 2, the ability to swallow semi-solids alone; 3, the ability to swallow liquids alone; and 4, complete dysphagia to solids and liquids.

Although this study aimed at finding an influence of the presence and number of teeth on chewing and consequently on swallowing solids, 1, 27, 28 it also demonstrates the influence of the oral condition on liquid swallowing for this population.

When comparing the swallowing performance according to the type of prosthesis used, there was no difference between the types of prostheses fitted in the lower dental arch in swallowing solids in the HG.