Dysphagia

Physical Therapist Interventions for a Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Jonathan De Castro Concorde Career College Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it is an analysis that no patients want to obtain. ALS is a gradual neurodegenerative disorder that results in damage of brain stem and spinal motor neurons and gives growth to painless weakness and muscle atrophy with few or no sensory symptoms. “Amyotrophic” stands for muscle atrophy, and “lateral…

options include minimally invasive procedures such as a trans-catheter occlusion with a vascular plug (8). Conclusion: In our case, a 79-year-old with past medical history of CVA, diabetes mellitus, T-cell lymphoma and GERD presented with dysphagia. Throughout her hospital course, chest x-ray with catheterization of what appeared to be a PLSVC was later confirmed by CT of the thorax. Persistent left superior vena cava is a rare abnormality, present in approximately 0.5% of the general…

serious disease using Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s disease is an autosomal dominant disease, meaning that it is caused by a single defective gene located on the non-sex chromosome. Symptoms such as impairment of attention, inability to walk, and dysphagia begin between the ages of thirty and fifty years of age. The illness lasts around 15 years and ends in death. There are tests to determine whether one carries the gene responsible for the disease and prenatal screening can determine…

After high school, I felt rushed to decide on a degree and chose Nursing on a whim, after a year of doing basics I decided to research all the degree choices Texas State University had to offer. I found that getting a Bachelors in Communication Disorders would be the first step I had to take to become a speech-language pathologist, I will be graduating from Texas State University in May 2017 with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Disorders. I am hoping to pursue a Master's in Communication…

diagnosis of hemorrhagic stroke II. Physical Exam • Anterior (carotid) circulation: Hemiparesis/hemiplegia, neglect, aphasia, visual field defects • Posterior (vertebrobasilar) circulation: Diplopia, vertigo, ataxia, facial paresis, Horner syndrome, dysphagia, dysarthria III.Tests Primarily used to narrow differential and identify etiology of…

As a Speech-Language-Hearing major, I have had a combination of experiences that have prepared me to enter West Chester University’s graduate program in Communication Sciences and Disorders. I have always known that I wanted to be part of a profession that serves the public. My mother is a social worker and my father is a public health administrator, which means serving others is in my blood. Growing up watching my parents’ commitment to the well-being of others inspired this commitment in me. I…

As I walked through the doors of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, at the age of ten, little did I know a passion would develop. After being invited to join my cousin’s speech therapy session, my passion for speech pathology began. Since that day, my passion for this profession has increased as I have researched and observed in various clinical settings. In May of 2015, I completed my degree in elementary education. I student taught in a kindergarten classroom during my last year as an…

developmental age. Alexander was a happy, cooperative, sociable, attentive young man throughout the evaluation. First an oral mechanism examination was used to evaluate Alexander’s oral structures to see if the patient had a communication disorder or dysphagia. The client’s oral structures appeared to be functional enough to support speech. A hearing screening was then tested to see if there were any signs that lead to affecting the client’s communicative abilities. Clinician found no signs…

Analysis of Hines et al 2003 Study on CAIS Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome is a disorder that comes from defects in the androgen receptor gene (Hines, et al 2003). This causes the external genitalia to be female at birth with underdeveloped internal genitalia (Hines, Ahmed, Hughes 93). Since the genitalia are female appear female, most people with this disorder are pronounce female at birth and are thus raised as females. In fact, people with this disorder are more feminine at puberty…

know their patients inside and out since they see them everyday. The staff and caregivers can communicate on what kinds of food to make to give its patients. An example of the convenience of having self-operation food system is patients whom have dysphagia can only intake foods that are thickened. This caregivers can automatically tell the staff in the kitchen there patients needs to have there food thickened and even packaged a certain way so there patients are able to eat from the containers.…