[HTML][HTML] When saliva becomes a problem: the challenges and palliative care for patients with sialorrhea

CC Paine II, JW Snider III - Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2020 - apm.amegroups.org
Sialorrhea, or relative excess of salivary excretion, is a vexing problem for many patients.
This symptom is precipitated by dysfunction in one of two interrelated processes—salivary …

Sialorrhea: a guide to etiology, assessment, and management

IA Güvenç - Salivary glands-New approaches in diagnostics and …, 2018 - books.google.com
Sialorrhea, also known as hypersalivation or ptyalism, is excessive salivation associated
with neurological disorders or localized anatomical abnormalities in the oral cavity …

[HTML][HTML] Current aspects of treatment options of chronic sialorrhea in children

S Bittmann, E Luchter, L Bittmann… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sialorrhea in children is not a primary disease, but the sequela of an existing underlying
disease [1-48]. Excessive salivation frequently occurs in children suffering from cerebral …

Sialorrhea: a management challenge

NG Hockstein, DS Samadi, K Gendron… - American family …, 2004 - aafp.org
Sialorrhea (drooling or excessive salivation) is a common problem in neurologically
impaired children (ie, those with mental retardation or cerebral palsy) and in adults who …

The role of radiation therapy in the management of sialorrhea

M Borg, F Hirst - International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology …, 1998 - Elsevier
Purpose: Sialorrhea is the unintentional loss of saliva and other contents from the mouth.
Most patients with this condition are elderly, requiring palliative treatment. These patients …

Sialorrhea: a review of a vexing, often unrecognized sign of oropharyngeal and esophageal disease

HW Boyce, MR Bakheet - Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Saliva is produced by the major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, and sublingual), as
well as several smaller glands. Salivary flow can be altered by multiple entities. There is …

Sialorrhea: hypersalivation and drooling. An underestimated problem in medical practice

I Boros, P Keszler - Fogorvosi szemle, 2006 - europepmc.org
On the contrary to hyposalivation/xerostomia there is a little attention paid in the literature for
discussing the problem of the patient having too much saliva. In most of cases, pathogenesis …

Treatment for sialorrhea (excessive saliva) in people with motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

CA Young, C Ellis, J Johnson… - Cochrane Database …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Motor neuron disease (MND), also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a
progressive, neurodegenerative condition which may cause dysphagia, as well as limb …

Treatment for sialorrhea (excessive saliva) in people with motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E James, C Ellis, R Brassington… - Cochrane Database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Motor neuron disease (MND), also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that may cause dysphagia, as well as …

Management of oral secretions in neurological disease

AJ McGeachan, CJ Mcdermott - Practical neurology, 2017 - pn.bmj.com
Sialorrhoea is a common and problematic symptom that arises from a range of neurological
conditions associated with bulbar or facial muscle dysfunction. Drooling can significantly …