{"id":6627,"date":"2016-01-11T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/troubles-de-la-deglutition-comment-agir-au-quotidien\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T10:43:03","slug":"dysphagia-daily-attitude","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/dysphagia-daily-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Dysphagia &#8211; Daily attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch out for warning signs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/dysphagie-signes-d-alerte.jpg\"><strong>Some signs can go unnoticed!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Refusal to eat or drink; slow to eat or drink<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sudden weight loss<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dehydration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pneumopathy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malnutrition\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coping strategies:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure daily hydration, the following should be considered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The importance of the patient\u2019s posture<\/strong> to avoid blocking the windpipe when swallowing: the carer should be at the same height as the patient who should be seated with trunk straight, head lowered and chin tucked in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stimulation with sparkling or fizzy water<\/strong>, acidity or temperature variations (hot or cold) affects swallowing and helps avoid food or drink \u201cgoing down the wrong way\u201d. Cold drinks with a pronounced taste and strong smell help to swallow quickly and hard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thicker liquids run into the throat slowly<\/strong>, leaving the larynx time to close and tasty substances are more likely to trigger swallowing. Thickness and taste both have a positive effect on swallowing and help avoid choking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dsapack.com\/\">The D.S.A pack by Nutrisens Medical helps define the best thickness for the patient, ranging from still water to thickened water.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food texture should also be adapted to maintain intake and prevent malnutrition. A texture-modified diet may be necessary, depending on the degree of dysphagia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pur\u00e9e texture: smooth consistency for both meat and vegetables; they can be mixed together or separated on the plate (the grains do not exceed 0.1 cm).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thick pur\u00e9e texture: meat is minced, vegetables are mashed or very tender; meat and vegetables are separated on the plate (the grains do not exceed 0.2 cm).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minced texture: meat and vegetables are minced and separated on the plate (the grains do not exceed 0.3 cm).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mashed texture: only meat is minced, except if the protein element is tender (the grains do not exceed 0.5 cm).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9couvrez sur Nutrisens toutes les informations \u00e0 conna\u00eetre pour savoir comment agir au quotidien face \u00e0 la d\u00e9nutrition des personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-rubrique.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6627","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}