Dysphagia common with certain conditions

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Dear Doctors: A good friend has Parkinson’s disease. She’s struggling, so I don’t ask too many questions. She was drinking water, started to choke and her husband mixed something into her glass that helped her swallow. Do you know what that was? Is there something I can do to help?

Dear Reader: When someone you care about is living with a chronic or progressive disease, it can be dif…