Vallecular Dysphagia

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vallecular dysphagia

[vəlek′yələr]

difficulty or pain on swallowing caused by inflammation of the vallecula epiglottica. Compare contractile ring dysphagia, dysphagia lusoria.

Café Coronary

Complete and abrupt upper airway obstruction by a bolus of food, often meat, which occludes the oesophagus and larynx, so named as the sudden onset simulates acute MI; post bolus, CC victims are speechless and breathless
At-risk groups Inebriated, mentally disabled, those with dementia, those with dentures

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