Sign inDysphagia (Difficulty Swallowing)
UK sources of information and / or support
Swallowing problems after stroke
Information from the Stroke Association.
Swallowing Difficulties
A website is for patients or parents of children who can't swallow tablets or pills, and health care professionals requiring guidance on how to administer medicines to patients with swallowing difficulties or using enteral feed tubes (PEG & PEJ).
Swallowing Problems - How to Help
Information from the Pick's Disease Support Group.
Head and neck radiotherapy side effects: swallowing
Information from Cancer Research UK.
Problems swallowing?
From the National Patient Safety Agency for clients and carers ensuring safer practice for adults with learning disabilities who have dysphagia.
Difficulty in Swallowing
Information from Core.
Swallowing difficulties
Information from the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Patients on Intravenous and Nasogastric Nutrition Therapy (PINNT)
A support group for people unable to nourish their body from normal food and drink.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.