Looking for ideas for my mom's dysphagia
A little over a year ago now, my mom lost the ability to swallow anything that isn't soft and textureless (tomato soup, mashed potatoes, ice cream, pudding, etc.).
It started slow where she would get food stuck in her throat randomly while eating and have to go cough it up. Then it worsened to the point it is now.
Doctors have been useless. They stretched her esophagus several times to no avail. Keep running the same tests that yield no results. Prescribing the same meds and treatments that don't work. She has lost around 100lbs and nobody seems to care.
That said, I am hoping maybe we can find a solution on our own. Even if it's temporary.
Right now we are looking into honey (manuka or buckwheat). But I was hoping that maybe there were other suggestions. One doctor had suggested she chew altoids before dinner because of the peppermint in it, so perhaps that's another lead? I'm curious what others think.