2023年12月3日 · Aspiration is when something you swallow "goes down the wrong way" and enters your airway (trachea or windpipe) or lungs. It can also happen when something goes back into your throat from your...

2023年3月31日 · Aspiration means inhaling some kind of foreign object or substance into your airway. Usually, it’s food, saliva, or stomach contents that make their way into your lungs when...

2023年12月22日 · The term aspiration can also refer to a medical procedure, during which a doctor uses a suction tube or needle to remove unwanted fluid from part of a person’s body. In this article, we discuss...

Aspiration pneumonia is an infection caused by inhaling something other than air into your lungs. This could be food, liquid, saliva or stomach contents. Many people don’t know they’ve aspirated something. Symptoms include fever, shortness of breath, coughing up blood or pus, chest pain and tiredness. Providers treat it with antibiotics.

2022年10月20日 · A medical procedure that removes something from an area of the body. These substances can be air, body fluids, or bone fragments. An example is removing ascites fluid from the belly area.

Aspiration is a medical term for accidentally inhaling your food or liquid through your vocal cords into your airway, instead of swallowing through your food pipe, or esophagus, and into your stomach.

2020年9月1日 · Usually occurs in patients with altered level of consciousness, dysphagia, or impaired cough reflex. Patients with risk factors for aspiration should undergo a bedside clinical exam before feeding.

2023年1月24日 · Acute aspiration is the inhalation of foreign material into the airways beyond the vocal cords. Usually occurs in patients with risk factors such as swallowing dysfunction, impaired conscious level, or substance misuse. Patients with risk factors for acute aspiration should undergo a bedside clinical examination before feeding.

2023年7月4日 · Aspiration is a common problem that can occur in healthy or sick patients wherein pharyngeal secretions, food material, or gastric secretions enter the larynx and trachea and can descend into the lungs, causing an acute or chronic inflammatory reaction.

There are two main types of aspiration: 1. Oropharyngeal Aspiration: This occurs when substances from the mouth or throat are inhaled into the lungs. It is often seen in individuals with swallowing difficulties. 2. Gastric Aspiration: This involves inhaling contents from the stomach.