2. Prescribe palliative management strategies for dysphagia, such as: oral care, oral supplements, diet consistency, and diet administration modifications. 3. Address the concerns of family and staff who must witness the sequelae of eating in patient with dysphagia. Dysphagia is highly prevalent, ...
Neuropsychiatric symptoms, including psychosis, are highly prevalent and appear in the premotor phase [100]. According to the current criteria, the diagnosis is centered around the presence of involuntary choreiform movements and a positive genetic test for the CAG-expanded allele gene or a family ...
5.3. MMR Deficiency Is a Sensitive Biomarker of LS in All Lynch-Spectrum Tumours Several historic studies showed that MMR deficiency is prevalent in the Lynch-spectrum tumours of LS patients [28,137,186,187,188], although the sample numbers in these studies were relatively low. More recently,...
Both conditions may progress until the eyelid nearly or completely covers the eyeball (ptosis) and the ability to swallow is lost (dysphagia). In addition, patients suffer from proximal limb weakness; muscles of the shoulder and hip girdles may also gradually become weak...