How can speech-language pathologists assess and manage dysphagia in this population?

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disease affecting the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system and voluntary muscle movement. This ... It can be caused by disuse of your muscles or neurogenic conditions. Symptoms include a decrease in muscle mass, one limb being smaller than the other, and ... Apr 17, 2023 ... The aim of this paper is to provide the current therapeutic scenario including new perspectives and to report the challenges related to new phenotypes. Cerebral atrophy is the loss of brain cells, called neurons, and their electrochemical connectors, called synapses. This cell loss results in brain shrinkage ... Fat atrophy is the loss of fatty tissue in a localized area of the body that can cause pitting, scarring and bumps. As the fatty tissue degrades, it may ... Multiple system atrophy (MSA), formerly called Shy-Drager syndrome, is a rare condition of the brain and nervous system. MSA affects the body's ability to ... Oct 27, 2021 ... What is fat atrophy? Though fat is often seen as unwanted, it's a critical part of the makeup of the body under the skin. When this fat degrades ... It's sometimes called Werdnig-Hoffmann disease or infantile-onset SMA. Children with type 1 have limited movement, can't sit without support, and have trouble ... May 4, 2023 ... Most causes of pancreas atrophy involve the gradual replacement of the normal pancreatic tissue by fatty tissues, which has in the past been ... vaginal atrophy ... A condition in which the tissues lining the inside of the vagina (birth canal) become thin, dry, and inflamed. This is caused by a decrease in ...