medical name?

[ilovemarkb]

what is the correct terminology for drooling? (as in stroke patients)

thankyou xx

[anneasquith]

uncontrolled salivation ?

[daffy654]

Ptyalism (according to Wikipedia).

[cazzz1975]

sialorrhea

[cazzz1975]

excessive saliva can be controlled

[Sqad]

Dribbling.

[daffy654]

http://www.merriam-we....com/medical/ptyalism

[237SJ]

If it`s in a stroke situation as mentioned in the original question wouldn`t it just be normal salivation (rather than excessive) that is simply not contained because the facial muscles have become paralysed?

[Sqad]

\\\\ for drooling? (as in stroke patients)\\\

In a lifetime clothed in medicine I have never heard any medic call the descriptive scene above..... uncontrolled salivation......Ptyalism (which is a noun not a verb),or sialorrhea.

There surely must be a doctor somewhere, but i have never met him.

In a stroke patient, they cannot swallow their saliva........so they dribble. sialorrhea is the excessive production of saliva, which can be swallowed as is ptyalism.

No as the poster has implied.........stroke patient.....they "dribble."


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[Sqad]

237 is correct....she was typing as i was answering.

[237SJ]

I`ve started dribbling in my sleep. I hope I haven`t had a stroke :-)

[ilovemarkb]

love this web site!! what a great lot you are!! thanks and maybe ill just mention aphasia and dysphasia in my reflection! thankyou