Swallowing Issues  

Original Post:  The barium swallow test I had went well and the barium was not so bad.

I ended up with presbyesophagus as the diagnosis. That's a whole new word for me, but it makes sense.

Dr. Bruno’s Response:  A one-time muscle test in polio survivors can over grade us. I have said, "Polio survivors can do any activity once. Twice, maybe, but not as well.  But three times? Broken bones." The poliovirus-damaged neurons may have enough "juice" to turn on a muscle once, maybe twice, but don't recover/refuel enough to do three or more repetitions of an activity, including a muscle test. So repetitive testing is REQUIRED to know what a polio survivor's muscle can really do.

Look at the topic of “Swallowing” in the Encyclopedia of Polio and PPS.

Richard L. Bruno, HD, PhD

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