Dysphagia (Difficulty Swallowing)

UK sources of information and / or support

 Swallowing problems after stroke

Information from the Stroke Association.

 Swallowing Difficulties

This 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?

A resources for clients and carers ensuring safer practice for adults with learning disabilities who have dysphagia. From the National Patient Safety Agency.

 Difficulty in Swallowing

Information from CORE.

 Swallowing difficulties

Information from the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

 Patients on Intravenous and Nasogastric Nutrition Therapy (PINNT)

Patients on Intravenous and Nasogastric Nutrition Therapy (PINNT) is a support group for people unable to nourish their body from normal food and drink.

 Dysphagia

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

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, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, 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.