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.