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[…] the gag reflex quality of speech: nasal guttural the ability to cough Links: aetiology cranial nerve IX cranial nerve palsies [gpnotebook.co.uk]

O/E : vitals stable, airway patent ent examination: uvula deviated to right with ABSENCE OF GAG REFLEX. D/D: ?????. 56 thanks, 14 comments 30 Sep 2017 Thank Share Post Verified response 1. [dailyrounds.org]

The last thing to mention about these 2 nerves is the Gag reflex. [ole.bris.ac.uk]

Its sensory fibres supply all sensation to the tonsillar fossa and pharynx (the afferent pathway of the gag reflex), and taste to the posterior third of the tongue. [medassignments.com]

Obvious features would include an absent gag reflex and a uvula deviated away from the lesion (these were demonstrated in Question 21.2 from the first paper of 2014). In the awake patient, a hoarse voice may indicate laryngeal paralysis. [derangedphysiology.com]

Patients will need admission if dysphagia is present or symptoms are rapidly progressive. Treatment wil be directed to the underlying cause. Postural changes can help with drooling of saliva and may prevent aspiration. [dailyrounds.org]

Psychogenic Dysphagia Psychogenic causes of dysphagia are rare, but real; however, like reflux-related dysphagia, it is important to rule out physiologic causes prior to focusing solely on the psychogenic. [nature.com]

Dysphagia and articulation disturbances (a “nasal twang” to the voice) may occur, and during phonation only the upper pharynx is elevated. [neupsykey.com]

Rachana Gandhi, Ramon Lugo First published April 8, 2015, Abstract BACKGROUND: Eagle's Syndrome is caused by elongated styloid process or ossification of the derivations of the second brachial arch, resulting in cervical, facial, and pharyngeal pain and dysphagia [neurology.org]

Analysis of 1 1 kindreds and linkage to the short arm of chromosome 2. J Clin Invest 1996:97: 699-705. ‏ [books.google.com]

swelling, bilateral facial palsy, and bulbar palsy with dysphagia or aspiration. [90] There may also be weakness of the neck, the upper limbs, the hips, or the facial muscles. [ruralneuropractice.com]

They often develop in the context of a widespread neurologic disturbance, and in such situations, cranial nerve involvement may represent the initial manifestation of the illness. [accessmedicine.mhmedical.com]

A case of unilateral VIIth, IXth and Xth cranial nerve involvement with herpes zoster [in Japanese]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 1990 ; 30 : 413 –15 Kobayashi Y, Riku S, Ieda T, et al. [ajnr.org]

Other cranial nerves involved, in order of frequency, are 5th nerve, 7th nerve and 12th nerve. [neurologyindia.com]

Lower cranial nerve involvement as the initial manifestation of Lyme borreliosis. Neurologia 1999;14:36-7. 86. Hirabayashi K, Morikawa N, Mori H, Miyake T, Suda K, Kondo T, et al. [ruralneuropractice.com]

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