Early treatment for pronunciation helps a child to overcome an acute swallowing disorder

A health company, which is affiliated with “Burelth”, the largest health care group in the Middle East, announced that a 5 -month -old girl recovered in the Al Dhafra region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, after receiving early and intense intervention through speech therapy services to deal with an acute swallowing disorder (hardship).

The child was converted into speech therapy services, after diagnosing a congenital deficiency in the thyroid gland and heart attacks, and was suffering from continuous difficulties in nutrition, with full dependence on the nasal feeding tube (NGT), a flexible tube that enters the nose directly into the stomach to deliver food.

The girl showed a quick improvement that exceeded expectations after six sessions specialized in treating dysphagia, as she started accepting small amounts of food through the mouth (15-20 ml), and her ability to catch nipple and sucking skills with nutrients improved. After 13 therapeutic sessions, she managed to eat more than half of her meals by mouth, prompting the multidisciplinary treatment team, in cooperation with nutritionists, to agree to combine oral breastfeeding and nutrition through the tube starting from the age of 6 months.

Given the rapid progress, a swallowing examination was performed using fluoroscopy with the next day.

Based on the positive results, the nasal feeding tube was removed, and the girl became fully feeding orally, receptive to fluids and mashed foods.

“This condition shows the great impact of early intervention in speech therapy during rehabilitation operations – especially in children with complex health problems. By providing regular treatment and accurate follow -up, we were able to support the girl to move safely from feeding the tube to oral breastfeeding within less than three months,” said the speech therapy specialist, Nito Mall Sabine Karenan Raghavan.

“This condition embodies the importance of multidisciplinary cooperation. In order to achieve successful results in rehabilitation, especially in pediatrics, all members of the medical team must cooperate to meet the individual needs of each child,” added the Executive Director of Clinical Support Services, Hajar Al -Hosani.

Infants’s infants may lead to serious complications such as malnutrition, respiratory diseases, and delayed growth and development. “Health” has shown that early diagnosis and treatment intervention are possible in a multidisciplinary cooperative care model.