[Dysphagia] Throat massage

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

I have never found this to work.  I suspect it comes from the veterinary profession as it is used to encourage small animals to swallow.
  For someone pocketing food, the best technique is to insert the empty spoon into the mouth, press down and remove quickly. The patient then swallows the pocketed material - or, at least most of it.
  Irene.


Dr I Campbell-Taylor
Clinical Neuroscientist
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