10 Tongue Cancer Symptoms
Symptom #5: Dysphagia
Dysphagia is a term that refers to difficulty swallowing. Some patients with dysphagia are unaware that they are experiencing this issue. It is a sensation where there is difficult passage of solids to pass from the mouth to the stomach. This may be due to a lack of pharyngeal sensation or other inadequacies of the mechanisms involved in swallowing.
Patients with dysphagia have a higher risk of aspiration pneumonia. Patients who are undiagnosed with dysphagia often suffer from malnutrition, dehydration, and renal failure. Dysphagia is associate with inability to initiate a swallow, choking, coughing, frequent pneumonia, wet voice, nasal regurgitation, weight loss, and more.
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