Difficulties in thickened water ingestion in healthy subjects

• Published in: Clinical nutrition ESPEN Vol. 22; pp. 107 - 111
• Main Authors: Alves, Dauana Cássia, Dantas, Roberto Oliveira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dental prosthesis; drinking; Drinking - physiology; Drinking Water - administration & dosage; Drinking Water - chemistry; dysphagia; Female; Food thickeners; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; honey; Humans; linear models; liquids; Male; maltodextrins; Middle Aged; nectar; patients; Polysaccharides - analysis; Polysaccharides, Bacterial - analysis; potassium chloride; sensation; Swallowing; thickeners; Water ingestion; xanthan gum; Young Adult; Food thickeners; Swallowing; Water ingestion; Dental prosthesis; Deglutition disorders

For some patients with dysphagia who have airway aspiration, it is not possible to drink water as a thin liquid, as they need their water to be thickened. To evaluate in healthy volunteers the difficulties and dynamics of ingestion of thickened water. In 94 healthy volunteers aged 18–67 years, the i...