poor weight gain and/or undernutrition.gastrointestinal complications, such as motility disorders, constipation, and diarrhea.aspiration pneumonia and/or compromised pulmonary status.The long-term consequences of feeding and swallowing disorders can include Swallowing Disordersĭysphagia can occur in one or more of the four phases of swallowing and can result in aspiration-the passage of food, liquid, or saliva into the trachea-and retrograde flow of food into the nasal cavity. ARFID and PFD may exist separately or concurrently. Additionally, the definition of ARFID considers nutritional deficiency, whereas PFD does not (Goday et al., 2019). ARFID is distinct from PFD in that ARFID does not include children whose primary challenge is a skill deficit (e.g., dysphagia) and requires that the severity of the eating difficulty exceeds the severity usually associated with a certain condition (e.g., Down syndrome). SLPs may screen or make referrals for ARFID but do not diagnose this disorder.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |