[Dysphagia] e stim

[eripley at yahoo.com (Irene Campbell-Taylor)]

LSterling@aol.com wrote:
 This isn't true for ALS and here's this flyer 
circulating out there among the 30 ALS patients in clinic yesterday and while not 
literally promising to cure their dysphagia, many of the patients will try any 
type of treatment they read about.

This is one of the trickiest parts of treating patients with ALS. There is a frontal type dementia that is part of the disease and as several authors have pointed out, it is this general lack of insight and judgment that contributes to the willingness to "try anything" not just the desperation of being faced with a horrifying disease. It is essential to keep this fact in mind when discussing such things as diet options, tube feeding etc.

 Irene



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