JEEEEEEEEZ, Dennis, it's SO terribly tacky to ask your waiter for a box of
kleenex when ordering dinner! I mean, REALLY, Dennis... classy Parkies ALWAYS
bring their OWN box of kleenex when dining out! (HUMPH!) <LOL>
Barb Mallut (who is single-handedly supporting the kleenex industry!
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From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Dennis Greene
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 1997 11:15 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject: Runny nose
As yet one more of the runny nose at mealtimes brigade,
(waiter, I'll have the steak au poivre and a box of tissues
please), I'd like to chip in with the following thoughts.
1. We know that many PWP have the experience
but we do not know how wide spread the experience
is in the general population. It may well be that the
incidence is similar across the board.
2. My own speculation as to what is happening is that
slightly drier/thicker than normal mucas is released
by the jaw action associated with chewing and the
throat action associated with swallowing. In other words
the running nose is caused by a purely mechanical
process. Of course the dryness may well be caused by
reactions to medications etc.
Dennis
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