Re: Drooling - any ideas? Jacqui

[Guest guest]

Thanks Jacqui .... so much information.

What you say rings some bells. It was the drooling that dad was

referred for first, before any suggestion of memory clinic. He went

to ENT who referred him to physician re possible Parkinson' ...... who

said she thought it wasn't Parkinson's and referred to psychiatrist.

I sometimes used to tuck a towel into the neck of dad's shirt when he

was living at home, to soak it all up. Maybe it would be something to

suggest to the nh. I don't know which he might feel was more

embarassing ....... wet clothes or a clothes saver ( yes, I like that

term better too) . It's almost always from the right side of dad's

mouth .... someone suggested that since dad had had several little

strokes at times his right side was weaker, so his head lolled a

little to that side and so that's where the saliva ran out.

Thankfully it's not apparently made dad's chin/cheek sore. But maybe

it's worth suggesting the zinc ointment as a possible preventative

measure ..... it presumably can't do his skin that much good.

His teeth have been checked pretty recently. That's the first thing I

wondered about when the problem started. He's not on any of the sort

of medication that might cause it. The nh seem baffled as though

they've not seen it before ...... so it's useful to konw it's linked

to LBD.

He was checked for nasal obstructions when he started with teh ENT

appointment, though he does rather tend to breathe through his mouth.

I'll let you know how we get on.

kind regards

Áine