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Neurology, Psychiatry. Treatment. Speech therapy. In aphasia (sometimes called dysphasia ), [ a] a person may be unable to comprehend or unable to formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. [ 2] The major causes are stroke and head trauma; prevalence is hard to determine, but aphasia due to stroke is estimated to be 0.1–0 ...
Dysphagia. Dysphagia is difficulty in swallowing. [ 1][ 2] Although classified under "symptoms and signs" in ICD-10, [ 3] in some contexts it is classified as a condition in its own right. [ 4][ 5][ 6] It may be a sensation that suggests difficulty in the passage of solids or liquids from the mouth to the stomach, [ 7] a lack of pharyngeal ...
Specialty. Neurology. Wernicke's aphasia, also known as receptive aphasia, [ 1] sensory aphasia, fluent aphasia, or posterior aphasia, is a type of aphasia in which individuals have difficulty understanding written and spoken language. [ 2] Patients with Wernicke's aphasia demonstrate fluent speech, which is characterized by typical speech rate ...
Specialty. Gastroenterology. Esophageal dysphagia is a form of dysphagia where the underlying cause arises from the body of the esophagus, lower esophageal sphincter, or cardia of the stomach, usually due to mechanical causes or motility problems. [ 1]
Transcortical motor aphasia ( TMoA ), also known as commissural dysphasia or white matter dysphasia, results from damage in the anterior superior frontal lobe of the language-dominant hemisphere. This damage is typically due to cerebrovascular accident (CVA). TMoA is generally characterized by reduced speech output, which is a result of ...
Oropharyngeal dysphagia is the inability to empty material from the oropharynx into the esophagus as a result of malfunction near the esophagus. [ 5] Oropharyngeal dysphagia manifests differently depending on the underlying pathology and the nature of the symptoms. Patients with dysphagia can experience feelings of food sticking to their ...
Transcortical sensory aphasia is a disorder in which there is a discrepancy between phonological processing, which remains intact, and lexical-semantic processing, which is impaired. [ 6] Therefore, patients can repeat complicated phrases, however they lack comprehension and propositional speech. This disconnect occurs since Wernicke’s area ...
Aphagia is the inability or refusal to swallow. [ 1][ 2] The word is derived from the Ancient Greek prefix α, meaning "not" or "without," and the suffix φαγία, derived from the verb φαγεῖν, meaning "to eat." It is related to dysphagia which is difficulty swallowing (Greek prefix δυσ, dys, meaning difficult, or defective), and ...