[Dysphagia] gag reflex

[eripley at yahoo.com (Irene Campbell-Taylor)]

Medical schools still teach tat gag=swallow. Maybe it's time to do some concerted education.

christabel daley <dysphagia@sbcglobal.net> wrote:To revisit an old subject........ I am familiar with the literature re the lack of relationship between gag & swallowing efficacy. I had a doctor recently comment on a pt who presented with functional/unremarkable clinical evaluation, "pt does not have a gag, therefore would not cough during clinical evaluation". Am I missing something? Pt did consequently go for videoswallow per MD request to find results consistent with clinical evaluation.
Thanks. 
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