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Dysphagia and nutritional management: Highlights from Perth

10 January 202020 May 2020Riddhi Naik

Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog is part of the ‘Highlights from Perth’ collection of articles, where you can read about the content of some of the talks and posters presented at the 30th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Perth. Presentations have a code beginning with ‘C’ followed by a number (e.g. C50) to help locate the specific abstract…

Tackling weight loss in MND – from ProGas to PostGas

16 January 201820 May 2020Jessica Sturgess2 Comments

Reading Time: 2 minutes Swallowing problems are an incredibly common cause of malnutrition and weight loss in MND patients. To add to this, weight loss in MND is associated with shorter survival. This means managing swallowing problems effectively is crucial to ensuring people living with MND can have the best possible quality of life. Managing swallowing problems using gastrostomy…