DYSPHAGIA - Unit 1 Flashcards
Signs and Symptoms of Dysphagia? (7)
- Inability to recognize food
- Changes in diet
- Inability to control food or saliva in mouth
- Increased secretions or excess saliva
- Pocketing
- Coughing before, during, or after swallowing
- Coughing at the end of or after a meal
Timing of coughing during a meal? (3)
- Before swallow - lose control of bolus or *premature swallow
- After swallow - swallowing on residue
- During swallow - Poor airway closure
Complications of Dysphagia? (3)
- Pneumonia
- Malnutrition
- Dehydration
Aspiration (unsafe swallow) def:
- Food or liquid goes down below the level of the true vocal folds (unsafe)
Penetration (unsafe swallow) def:
Food or liquid has entered the airway, into the vestibule, all but not past the true false
Members of a Multidisciplinary Treatment Approach (6)
- Swallowing therapist or SLP - cannot assess or treat until treatment order by Dr. is made. Makes dietary recommendations. Keep in mind dietary issues.
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Occupational therapist - adaptive equipment, “plate to mouth,”can do dysphagia treatment, experts in hand-eye coordination
- Pharmacist - some meds can affect swallowing
- Radiologist - x-ray studies
Patient Safety - 5 (*Know for test)
- Nutrition must never be compromised during the course of management of the patients swallowing problem. Do not force the patient to eat or early if they are getting sicker.
- No clear guidelines exist as to the amount of aspiration that can be tolerated by the patient before such complications as aspiration pneumonia arise. (some patients can chronically aspirate without getting pneumonia)
- Aspiration is kept at a minimum by controlling the amounts presented at the bedside and during radiological exams.
- Any patient who’s aspiration is larger than approximately 10% per bolus of a particular food consistency should be restricted from eating that consistency of food by mouth
- A radiographic exam will identify any silent aspirators.
- Silent aspirators are those patients whose sensitivity is reduced and who will ask great food or liquid without coughing or any other audible or visible signs.
- Approximately 50% of patients who aspirate do not cough every time.
- Even the most experienced clinicians failed to ID approximately 40% of patients who aspirate during the bedside evaluation.
- Therefore, a radiographic evaluation of any pt who is suspected of aspiration is absolutely necessary to:
a) identify the presence of aspiration;
b) define the etiology of aspiration;
c) examine immediate effects of selected treatment procedures and design appropriate therapy for the pt; and
d) determine the best method of nutritional intake (oral, non oral, etc.).
Swallowing Areas (4)
- oral cavity
- pharynx
- larynx
- esophagus
Oral Structures
lips, teeth, hard palate, soft palate, uvula, mandible, floor of mouth, tongue, faucial arches, palatine tonsils
Sulci
Natural pockets or cavities (ie., cheeks, between lips & gums). In pts, they often collect food or liquid.
Labiosulcus
Between gums and lips
Foundation of the tongue?
Hyoid bone
Lateral/Buccal Sulcus
Between cheeks and gums
Cheeks are innervated by…
VII Cranial Nerve, Facial Nerve
Floor of Mouth is made up of what muscles?
- mylohyoid
2, geniohyoid - anterior belly of digastric
All are supra hyoid = attach to mandible and hyoid bone
Composed almost entirely of muscle fibers (oral cavity)?
Tongue
Oral Portions of Tongue (6)
- tip
- blade
- front
- center
- back
- dorsum (upper surface) ends at circumvallate (upsidown V) papillae
Pharyngeal Portion of Tongue
tongue base (circum. pap. to hyoid bone)
- active during pharyngeal phase of swallow
- involuntary neural control = brainstem
Motor Innervation of Tongue
Hypoglossal (moves a lot) – 12th nerve
Roof of Mouth consists of…(3)
- maxillary (hard palate)
- velum (soft palate)
- uvula
Salivary Glands
3 on each side,plus many small glands throughout the mucous membranes
Purposes of Saliva (4)
- maintains oral moisture
- reduces tooth decay
- assists in digestion
- neutralizes stomach acid
Pharyngeal Structures:
Lateral and Posterior Pharyngeal Walls
3 pharyngeal constrictors:
superior, medial, inferior
Pharyngeal Structures:
Anterior Wall of Pharynx (6)
- sphenoid bone
- soft palate
- base of tongue
- hyoid bone
- mandible
- thyroid and cricoid cartilages (the constrictors attach to these at various points)
Pharyngeal Structures:
Glossopharyngeaus Muscle
- The inferior fibers of the superior constrictor that attach to the base of the tongue.
- It is responsible for tongue base retraction and simultaneous bulging of the posterior pharyngeal wall at the tongue base level.
Pharyngeal Structures:
Pyraform Sinuses
- Spaces formed between the thyroid cartilage and fibers of the inferior constrictor (where they attach), one on each side.
- They end at the cricopharyngeus muscle, which is the most inferior structure of the pharynx
Pharyngeal Structures:
Vallecula
- Wedge-shaped spaces formed between the base of the tongue and epiglottis.
- One on each side.
Inferior constrictor Faucal Arch
Faucal Arch; Paletopharingeous (posterior); Thickest of the three constrictors, arises from the sides of the cricoid and thyroid cartilage
Inferior constrictor
Thickest of the three constrictors, arises from the sides of the cricoid and thyroid cartilage
Esophagus
upper esophageal sphincter (UES)
The valve going into the esophagus – at the base of the pharynx / superior end of the esophagus. It is made up of the cricoid lamina and cricopharyngeal muscle fibers.
role of the UES
- Decrease risk of material “backflowing” from esophagus into pharynx.
- Tightest closure / pressure = just before swallow and during inhalation, so no air is pulled into the esophagus.
- Opens at critical time during swallow to allow bolus to pass into esophagus.
Esophagus
lower esophageal sphincter (LES)
located at the inferior end of the esophagus – it is the valve into the stomach.
Larynx
Location and action
at the base of the tongue, the pharynx opens into the larynx. The larynx acts as a valve to help keep food/liquid from entering the airway.
Larynx
superior boundary
epiglottis
• Top 1/3 rests against the base of the tongue
• Attached to hyoid bone (hyoepiglottic ligament)
• Base = attaches to thyroid notch by a ligament
Laryngeal Additus and Laryngeal Vestibule
Def. and Boundareis
The opening into the larynx
Boundaries: epiglottis, aryepiglottic folds, arytenoid cartilages, superior surface of the false vocal folds
Ventricle
space between the false folds and the true folds
Intrinsic Larynx
In general, the vocal folds close off (Adduction) for swallowing the same way they do for phonation. It is the same mechanism.
Strap Muscles
Connect?
Importance?
Important because they connect floor of mouth, tongue base, hyoid bone, and larynx. When one moves they are all affected.