Saliva Management

Coffey, Charley

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28852-5_26

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“…Sialorrhea can lead to perioral infections, aspiration pneumonia, impaired communication, as well as negative effects on the mental and psychological well-being of both the patient and caregiver [4]. Sialorrhea is often undertreated [5]. Hence, rehabilitation medicine physicians who are diagnosing and treating disabling conditions in stroke patients need to diagnose and treat sialorrhea in the post-stroke cohort as well as work collaboratively with other specialists to devise effective sialorrhea treatment with minimal side-effects.…”

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The Challenges Faced and Lessons Learnt in the Multidisciplinary Management of Medication Refractory Post-Stroke Sialorrhea: A Case Report

Lui

Neo

Quah

2020

Cureus

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Post-stroke sialorrhea is a very debilitating condition that negatively impacts a person's physical and psychological health. In this report, we discuss a case of medication refractory post-stroke sialorrhea in a female patient. The patient received multidisciplinary management and two fractions of radiotherapy over a course of five months. The treatment was successful, and the patient reported satisfactory control of her sialorrhea symptoms. We hope to highlight the importance of multidisciplinary management and consideration of radiotherapy as a treatment modality when providing care for medication refractory poststroke sialorrhea patients who are unsuitable for salivary gland botulinum toxin (BoNT) injection and surgery.

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