The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by dysphagia (dysphagia):
Respiratory system (J00-J99)
- Aspiration pneumonia – pneumonia due to entry of, for example, food into the tracheobronchial system during inspiration (inhalation).
- Bronchopulmonary infections/pneumonias (pneumonia).
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).
- Desiccosis (dehydration).
- Malnutrition (malnutrition, malnutrition).
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Mental stress (“daily torment”)
- Social withdrawal
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Abnormal weight loss
- Fever of unknown cause
Causes (external) of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y84).
- Aspiration of foreign substances (food, fluids, vomit).
Further
- Increased mortality risk (mortality) at older ages.