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Re: Sore throat Katherynne Holden writes in an email on this subject, but actually about overproduction of saliva, the following: >Many people with PD start to think they're producing more saliva, in >fact that's one of the questions I'm most often asked. So far, I've >never known anyone who actually produced more saliva. Instead, they >often forget to swallow, and the saliva pools in the mouth and sometimes >begins to run out of the mouth. The problem is made worse when the head >is pitched forward and down. Dear Katherynne, For once I beg to differ with your esteemed opinion. Since childhood I have experienced periods of increased saliva production. This is usually brought about by some reason, like biting into a delicious piece of food. It used to be so strong that on opening my mouth saliva would come out in a spray. Another occasion would be a visit to the dentist where the saliva production could be awkward and probably was psychosomatically induced. In those cases there was a real cause of increased saliva production and not a sudden cessation of swallowing. I have known several PWP's, who had undergone palidotomies and developed excessive saliva production as an aftereffect of the operation, along with speech and swallowing problems. I cannot go along with the explanation that the drooling these people exhibited was just caused by a sudden diminishing of swallowing and I don't understand that so many neuro's and other experts seize on the easy explanation. I wonder if there are more people that take issue with this. Will A. Kuipers Dallas, Texas 78 / 71 / 70 <[log in to unmask]>