Dysphagia can lead to malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration, pneumonia, isolation from social events, slower rehabilitation process and in general reduce the patient‘s quality of life.
Kyngingarerfiðleikar geta valdið vannæringu, ofþornun, ásvelgingu, lungnabólgu, skertri endurhæfingargetu, skertum lífsgæðum og félagslegri einangrun.