{"id":217,"date":"2019-07-09T15:09:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T19:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwent.fm1.dev\/speech-swallowing\/swallowing-disorders\/"},"modified":"2019-10-30T13:09:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T17:09:43","slug":"swallowing-disorders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mwent.org\/throat\/speech-swallowing\/swallowing-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Swallowing Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you swallow, you are chewing food and moving it to the esophagus, a tube that connects to the stomach. Dysphagia, the medical term for difficulty swallowing, is characterized by the sensation of food or liquid getting stuck in the throat or chest. There are numerous factors that can cause swallowing difficulty, most of them fairly benign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swallowing Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Few of us give much thought to the act of swallowing, but it\u2019s actually a complex process that involves around 50 pairs of muscles and nerves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are four stages that make up the swallowing process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n