do I really sound like this, Brian? Larry, how about a link to support your contention here...I seem to recall this being said in the Schiavo brouhaha, but was unable to find anything to support it. I did however find the following....
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6881838&dopt=Citation Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1983 Jul-Aug;92(4 Pt 1):357-9. Related Articles, Links Rehabilitation of swallowing after stroke. Heimlich HJ. Seven consecutive patients who had lost the ability to swallow saliva or ingest food following cerebrovascular accidents were subsequently taught to eat again. Five patients were restored to eating a regular diet and two showed improvement limited by their underlying conditions. Prior to swallowing rehabilitation, their nutrition had been maintained by tube feedings for periods of 5 months to 3.9 years. Patients were instructed in sucking, elevation of the larynx, and coordination of those functions. This method has not been reported previously for use in stroke patients. Oral feeding was initiated with ice chips and progressed to a normal diet. Speech also improved after regaining deglutition. The clinical evidence suggests that paralysis initiated the swallowing disability which persisted due to disuse of retrainable pharyngeal muscles. The reflex sequence of deglutition can be retaught if lost due to stroke. Dana On Apr 7, 2005 9:38 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Entirely different neurological mechanism. Get a good basic neuropsych > book and start reading. Don't guess. > > On Apr 7, 2005 5:08 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If she can swallow saliva she can swallow pureed food can't she? > > She was denied swallow thearapy for years, isn't that kinda cruel? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153154 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
