Choking on drinking water occurs every day, mainly because the nervous system responds slowly, and when swallowing water, the epiglottis cartilage cannot close in time, resulting in food liquid entering the trachea and causing coughing.
Therefore, people with dysphagia also need to pay attention to their diet every day:
1.Try to choose a semi-liquid diet
People who have difficulty swallowing try to choose semi-liquid food, that is, food that mixes water with food.
For example, the rotten rice porridge, as well as vegetables and fruits, are broken with a wall breaker and heated to make a paste, which can be mixed with milk, egg white, lean meat and fish.
2.Try to eat small, frequent meals
People with dysphagia must be especially careful when eating, to ensure the daily energy **, you can choose to eat small and frequent meals. Due to problems with its swallowing function, it is more difficult to eat a large amount at one time, and the eating speed is slower than that of ordinary people.
At this time, you can increase the frequency of eating, such as 3 meals a day for the average person, it is recommended that the patient eat 5-6 meals a day or more, and the amount of food eaten at each meal can be appropriately reduced to ensure energy**.
3.Use thickeners in a timely manner
Try to avoid drinking a lot of water before the dysphagia has recovered, which can easily cause choking, and because the water is more fluid, it is easy to choke when drinking water when swallowing poorly.
It is generally recommended that they take a semi-recumbent position to drink water, and they can take a small spoon to drink a small amount of water each time, and feed less each time for observation.
When drinking water, you can use a smoothing thickener to increase the viscosity of the liquid, so that the brain has more time to react, so that it can drink the liquid better.