Dysphagia means that a person finds it difficult to eat, chew, swallow and to transport the food from the mouth down to the stomach. The medical term dysphagia comes from the Greek ’dys’ meaning reduced or impaired, and ’fagein’ meaning to eat. [1] Dysphagia can occur in one or more of the levels in the swallowing process and is thus divided into different types. Dysphagia can strike at any time in life: from a newborn baby to adolescence, middle age, or when we become old. Here is a guide through the different types of dysphagia.