After meningioma surgery, if you can’t eat or choke on water, it is possible that the recurrent laryngeal nerve has been damaged. Early swallowing training can be carried out according to the doctor’s instruction to promote the early recovery of swallowing function.
The patient can follow the doctor’s instructions to carry out the training of masticatory muscles and laryngeal muscles, do the opening and stretching of the mouth, puffing the cheeks, swallowing training, you can use frozen cotton swabs dipped in water to stimulate the root of the tongue to do the swallowing action, to strengthen the swallowing reflexes, but also allow the patient to swallow smaller ice cubes, to stimulate the pharyngeal reflexes.
In the swallowing rehabilitation, also pay attention to the practice of chewing movements, slowly chewing, and then chewing hard, until the palpable bite muscle bulge until, if necessary, follow the doctor’s instructions to use methylcobalamin, vitamin B1 and other nutritive nerve drugs, to promote the recovery of the disease. During the period of illness, patients can supplement the daily required energy and nutrients through enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition.
If you can’t eat or choke on drinking water after meningioma surgery, it is recommended that you go to regular hospitals in time and be actively treated under doctor’s guidance.