In einer eMail vom 13-6-02 14:56:56 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt
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> I knew a doc who specialized in dysphagia (swallowing difficulties).  As
> I recall, he mentioned that a firmer bolus of food gives more
> stimulation to the receptors that in turn fire the nerves that cause the
> appropirate muscles to contract resulting in swallowing.  Not sure if
> this is the reason with infants, but it does make some sense.
>

Yes that makes sense to me. So if for any reason a baby has a weak
swallow-response to normal stimulus by a thin fluid the stimulus has to be
stronger to get a response. And a thicker fluid would be a stronger respons.
This does make more sense than the ''wrong pipe'' hypothesis, because this
can be solved by using other techniques, other positioning.

Thanks for explaining.

Gonneke

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