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At 09:28 PM 2000/02/26 -0500, you wrote: >>Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:15:44 -0600 >>To: list >>From: sue weiler <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: dad again >> >>dear list friends, >>i'm coming out of lurk again to see if you have any info that will help >>my dad. awhile back someone offered something on excess saliva. dad, a >>PWP spits up copious quantities of what looks like a clear liquid. it >>embarasses and exhausts him and interferes with his everyday activities. >>background--he is in a nursing home in milwaukee. he walks with >>a walker.he has a permanent feeding tube. (the spitting up started >>long before the tube.) five different doctors have been asked to do a >>culture to see if this is caused by an infection. none would do it. >>gave us five different theories on what is causing it. we are leaving >>to go there tomorrow. any suggestions would be helpful. >>thanks in advance, sue hi sue my understanding is that apparently excess saliva in pd is frequently due to reduced swallowing action and not due to increased fluid i believe that some parkies have found improvement by chewing gum which reminds/causes them to swallow more frequently janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0