The National Kidney Foundationâs tips to improve your heart and kidney health: 1  Get tested. 2  Eat a balanced, kidney and heart healthy diet. 3  Increase physical activity.  Reduce high cholesterol 1  levels. Keep high blood pressure under control.  If you have diabetes, keep your blood sugar well 1  controlled. Quit smoking.
A typical swallow involves several different muscles and nerves. Dysphagia can be caused by a difficulty anywhere in the swallowing process described above. There are two types of dysphagia: A symptom is something the patient feels and reports, while a sign is something other people, such as the doctor detect. For example, pain may be a symptom while a rash may be a sign.
Poor nutrition and dehydration, common among the elderly, can cause this reaction. When elderly people have had swallowing problems in the past, they often are embarrassed to eat in public, which can cause a bout of dysphagia due to the stress of the situation.