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Is it possible for piecemeal swallowing be fixed for a young adult?
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Yes: Every person that swallows with an intact second phase of swallowing, or piecemeal swallowing has a fixed threshold lower amount that will initiate this type of swallowing. Below that threshold, whether there is a swallowing problem or not, piecemeal swallowing will NOT happen. It is a bulk way of moving all of the food bolus down the esophagus in one big hunk when it does happen
Answered 12/13/2014
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