[Dysphagia] Spanish resources

[mbuckie at dmc.org (Buckie,Marcia)]

That's interesting...whenever I have had a family member translate they have used the command form traga , like traga otra vez (swallow again)...Different regions of Spanish speakers use different vocab words sometimes (Cuban v. Mexican v. Puerto Rican)
 
MPB

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	I agree-  pasar is more appropriate for swallowing in humans than tragar
	
	-Rebecca
	
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	        I just got back from Mexcio where we did a medical mission that included
	        some special needs children, two of whom pretty clearly have dyspahgia.
	        One is pretty classic for silent apsiration, the other has overt problems
	        with thin liquids. Both are pretty well noursihed, but one missed therapy
	        all winter due to infections adn the other is very severely congested all
	        the time. Given the impossibility of getting studies, and I'm not even
	        sure if the OTs or Speech therapists available to them can do any
	        dysphagia therapy, all we could do was talk about trying thicker liquids
	        and using water just between meals. (Oral hygeine excellent for both.)
	       
	        I really want to develop a resource in Spanish about pediatric dysphagia
	        for these very sweet children adn families, but don't want to re-invent
	        the wheel if there is something better out there I have not found...
	       
	        I just read these two and I think they are not quite what we need...
	        http://www.med.utah.edu/pated/handouts/handoutspanbackup.cfm?id=S558
	        http://www.med.utah.edu/pated/handouts/handout.cfm?id=558
	       
	        To top that off, a native Spanish speaker we met there thought that espeso
	        was not quite the right word for thickened liquid, and that many people
	        would not relate to "tragar" as a verb for swallowing, as that is used to
	        refer to animals swallowing and not people. Dificultad en pasar los
	        liquidos or la comida might be better? Consistencia mas fuerte? Con mas
	        densidad? And apparently the word dysfagia is not commonly understood...
	        well duh, the average lay person won't know dysphagia in English either I
	        guess.
	       
	        I already got the previous posts from the archive.
	       
	        Other suggestions??
	       
	        Vikki Stefans, M.D., pediatric physiatrist (rehab doc for kids) at UAMS
	        and Arkansas Children's Hospital.  Working Mom of Sarah T. and Michael C.,
	        and wife of Henry Stefans. Every mom is a working mom!- OK, dads too.
	       
	       
	       
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