swallowing disorder

Interviewed & composed by Isao Tokuhashi Edited by Daniel Penso Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com Photo provided by NUTRI Co., Ltd.   Do you know “Engay food”? Engay (“嚥下” in Chinese characters) means “swallowing”. There are meals for people who cannot swallow food or people with swallowing disorder or the dysphagia. They can take it from their mouth free from anxiety – that is “Engay food”. Dysphagia can lead to pneumonia. About 70% of people 70 and over are said to have aspiration pneumonia (pneumonia caused by bacteria flowing into the lungs with saliva and gastric juice) and some of them die