Abstract – Inability to Swallowing food , after a stroke

For Mr. Gautam’s family, the language loss after a stroke was difficult to manage, but more challenging than that was handling his inability to swallow his saliva. He was on a tube for feeding, and he came into the therapy session with a bag of tissues. He was depressed and had a blank look on his face. Three weeks of therapy, and he could swallow his saliva. The next target was to get him to eat soft food, which we achieved in a week. He ate the first bowl of his favorite ice cream with tears of happiness.

Takeaway Note

Speech Pathologists are trained to improve the swallowing reflex after a stroke. Recovery is quick in most cases.