How to treat dysphagia caused by laryngeal cancer

Laryngeal cancer is a disease with a relatively high incidence rate. The onset of laryngeal cancer will seriously affect the patient's physical health. Therefore, it is important to seize the opportunity and treat laryngeal cancer as early as possible. After the onset of laryngeal cancer, patients not only need to start treatment as early as possible, but also need to do a good job of maintenance in their lives. Therefore, laryngeal cancer patients should pay attention to a comprehensive understanding of their own disease. Only in this way can the patient's condition be restored and stabilized as soon as possible. The following is a detailed introduction for everyone.

How to solve the problem of dysphagia after laryngeal cancer surgery? Patients should start from the following aspects:

First, some patients are less likely to choke when they change their body position when swallowing, such as bending their waist. Some people are less likely to choke when they turn to the left, and some people are less likely to choke when they turn to the right. Although we have not yet summarized what kind of patients and what body position are less likely to choke, patients can try to change their body position when swallowing to make swallowing easier.

Second, after the operation, the patient's food and water must pass through the laryngeal cavity to enter the esophagus, and the gas from the lungs also has to pass through this cavity. Although some technical treatments will be performed during the operation, it is difficult to ensure that no food enters the trachea through the shared cavity and causes choking. If you can swallow bread smoothly, you can practice eating semi-dry foods, such as rice, noodles, etc.

Third, the solution to dysphagia after laryngeal cancer surgery is that patients and their families can also use some small methods to assist, such as finger pressure (pressing the skin of the lower jaw with fingers when swallowing) or bolus method (eating a bite of steamed bun or banana to block the stoma before eating) and other methods for training. If it doesn't work, insert an inflatable air bag into the patient's tracheal incision, inflate it with a syringe during meals, and deflate it after meals.