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Drooling
Drooling: Contents
- Drooling: Introduction
- Causes (386 conditions)
- Types
- Diagnosis Checklist (17 listings)
- Diagnostic Guides (Online)
- Diagnostic tests (13 listings)
- Symptom Checker
- Drug causes (6 listings)
- Videos
- Choose Doctor
- Classifications
- News (6 listings)
- Stories from Users
Drooling: Introduction
Drooling: Excessive saliva in the mouth. See free access online books about Drooling below. See detailed information below for a list of 386 causes of Drooling, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
» Review Causes of Drooling: full list
Causes of Drooling:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Drooling.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
- Excessive saliva
- Difficulty swallowing
- Pregnancy - pregnancy causes increased saliva in some women.
- New dentures
- Withdrawal from drugs that caused dry mouth
- Rabies - almost always in animals; few human cases of rabies occur.
- Mouth disorders
- Facial paralysis
- Bell's palsy
- Parkinson's disease
- Stroke
- Dysautonomia
- more causes...»
See full list of 386 causes of Drooling
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Causes of Types of Drooling:
Review the causes of these more specific types of Drooling:
- Parotid Swelling (10 causes)
- Phlegm symptoms (18 causes)
- Salivary Gland Pain (25 causes)
- Salivary Gland Swelling (24 causes)
- Spitting blood (103 causes)
- Coughing blood (203 causes)
- Hemoptysis (132 causes)
- more types...»
Review causes of types of Drooling in more specific categories:
- Drooling in children (20 causes)
- more types...»
See full list of 16 types for Drooling
Drooling: Symptom Checker
Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Drooling, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.
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- Drooling and Mouth symptoms (165 causes)
- Drooling and Head symptoms (134 causes)
- Drooling and Face symptoms (124 causes)
- Drooling and Throat symptoms (113 causes)
- Drooling and Respiratory symptoms (111 causes)
- Drooling and Lung symptoms (96 causes)
- Drooling and Nerve symptoms (91 causes)
- Drooling and Pain (91 causes)
- Drooling and Sensations (86 causes)
- Drooling and Digestive symptoms (81 causes)
- Drooling and Breath symptoms (77 causes)
- Drooling and Bleeding symptoms (73 causes)
- Drooling and Skin symptoms (72 causes)
- Drooling and Muscle symptoms (72 causes)
- Drooling and Movement symptoms (72 causes)
- Drooling and Cough (69 causes)
- Drooling and Breathing difficulties (67 causes)
- Drooling and Skin problems (67 causes)
- Drooling and Bloody sputum (64 causes)
- more...»
See full list of 2733 Symptom Checker combinations related to Drooling
Causes of General Symptom Types
Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:
- Mouth symptoms (2823 causes)
- Throat symptoms (2320 causes)
- Head symptoms (5905 causes)
- Face symptoms (4286 causes)
- more symptoms...»
Causes of Similar Symptoms to Drooling
Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Drooling:
- Saliva symptoms (386 causes)
- Facial paralysis (62 causes)
- Mouth symptoms (2823 causes)
- Oral trauma
- Physiological (normal in children under 4)
- Allergic rhinitis (19 causes)
- Nasal polyposis
- Cerebral palsy
- Cricopharyngeal achalasia
- Esophageal dysmotility
- Ingestion of caustic substance
- Damage to swallowing structures
- Teething
- more symptoms...»
Diagnostic Guides for Drooling
Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Drooling from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Drooling. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Drooling
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Diagnostic tests for Drooling:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Drooling. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- High temperature may suggest epiglottitis or rabies
- Examine for Kayser-Fleisher rings (brown pigmentation in the periphery of the cornea due to copper deposition)
- Central nervous system examination, including cranial nerves looking for signs of 7th nerve palsy which may be due to brain stem stroke, brain stem tumor or multiple sclerosis
- more tests...»
See full list of 13
diagnostic tests for Drooling
Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Drooling. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you had problems with drooling?
- Are you, or could you be pregnant? - Pregnancy causes increased saliva in some women.
- Have you been bitten in the last 3 months by a dog, cat, fox, , wolf or bat? - may suggest risk of rabies (note: Rabies has never been reported in Australia, New Zealand or Antarctica, but has been in all other continents).
- Have you recently had new dentures? - may cause excess salivation.
- Immunization status? - relevant if considering epiglottitis.
- more questions...»
See Diagnosis Checklist for Drooling (17 listings)
Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Drooling) may include:
- Fever? - may suggest epiglottitis, rabies.
- Vomiting? - excess production of saliva is a normal response before the act of vomiting.
- Seizures? - Grand mal seizures involve the body first entering a rigid phase, the tongue may be bitten, there is frothing at the mouth and there may be incontinence of urine or feces. This is then followed by a convulsion in which the muscles jerk rhythmically and then the person is drowsy or in a coma for several hours.
- Symptoms of Wilson's disease? - usually a child or young adult that presents with tremor, chorea (non- repetitive abrupt involuntary jerky movements), difficulty speaking, difficulty swallowing, drooling, weakness of limbs, fits, mental deterioration.
- Symptoms of rabies? - e.g. headache, tiredness, abnormal behavior, fever, itching at the bite site and then drooling, fear of water and muscle spasms accompanied by profound terror.
- more symptoms...»
See Diagnosis Checklist for Drooling (17 listings)
Stories from Users for Drooling
Real-life user stories relating to Drooling:
- my 13 month old son has no saliva
- Im tired of spitting up phlem.
- white saliva
- Communicable Disease From Saliva
- drooling child
- Disease Transmission Through Spitting!
- diseases spread by spitting HELP!!!!!
- Disease Transmission Through Spitting!
- slimy thick saliva........help
- white spit (always)
Symptom specific forums: The following patient stories in our interactive forums and message boards relate to Drooling or relevant symptoms:
- Neurological (Nerves) (606)
- Gastrointestinal (Food - from entry to exit) (775)
- Psychiatric (Mental Health) (359)
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Medications or substances causing Drooling:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Drooling as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Sinemet
- Sinemet CR
- Lodosyn
- Levodopa
- Dopar
- Larodopa
- more causes...»
See full list of 6
medications causing Drooling
Organs affected by Drooling:
The list of organs typically affected by Drooling may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Drooling
The list below shows some of the causes of Drooling mentioned in various sources:
- Absence of pulmonary artery - coughing blood
- Actinomycetales infection - coughing up blood
- Acute Pesticide poisoning - xylene - salivation
- Adam and Eve poisoning - salivation
- Adenocarcinoma of lung - coughing up blood
- Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar - coughing up blood
- more causes...»
See full list of 386 causes of Drooling
How Common are these Causes of Drooling?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Drooling. Of the 386 causes of Drooling that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1 causes are "very common" diseases
- 8 causes are "common" diseases
- 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 2 causes are "rare" diseases
- 9 causes are "very rare" diseases
- 374 causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 386 causes of Drooling
Conditions listing symptoms: Drooling:
The following list of conditions have 'Drooling' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Conditions listing complications: Drooling:
The following list of conditions have 'Drooling' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Causes of Drooling Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Drooling based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Drooling?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Drooling, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Drooling:
Subtypes of Drooling:
Parotid Swelling, Phlegm symptoms (1 cause), Salivary Gland Pain, Salivary Gland Swelling, Spitting blood (86 causes), Coughing blood (86 causes), Hemoptysis (86 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Drooling:
Mouth symptoms (2805 causes), Throat symptoms (2303 causes), Head symptoms (5831 causes), Face symptoms (4261 causes)
Symptoms related to Drooling:
Saliva symptoms (374 causes), Facial paralysis (28 causes), Mouth symptoms (2805 causes), Oral trauma, Physiological (normal in children under 4), Allergic rhinitis (4 causes), Nasal polyposis, Cerebral palsy, Cricopharyngeal achalasia, Esophageal dysmotility, Ingestion of caustic substance, Damage to swallowing structures, Teething
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Medical News summaries about Drooling
Our news pages contain the following medical news summaries about Drooling and many other medical conditions:
- Aneurysms are often asymptomatic and can rupture unexpectedly
- Angelman Syndrome
- COPD is the 4th leading killer but there is not much awareness of the condition
- Misdiagnosis can leave the real problem undetected for years
- Moebius syndrome
News Archives for Drooling
Medical news articles related to Drooling include:
- Saliva Test Could Monitor Type 2 Diabetes
- Saliva Proteins May Help Spot Oral Cancer
- Saliva Test Could Indicate Autism
- more health news...»
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