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I Have Excessive Salivation In The Mouth, Without Other Symptoms.
Question: I have excessive salivation in the mouth, without other symptoms. I have GERD, but symptoms for this are also not present at the moment.
Brief Answer:
The symptoms seem to be related to GERD
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
The symptoms seem to be related to GERD.
In GERD, stomach acid gets into the throat causing excessive salivation.
I recommend to use medication to lower the stomach acidity such as Prilosec 20 mg once a day.
It is an over the counter medication.
I also suggest using antacids such as Maalox three times a day.
I recommend to avoid spicy food or too much caffeine, which can trigger the symptoms.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Kind regards!
Dr.Dorina Gurabardhi
General &Family Physician
The symptoms seem to be related to GERD
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
The symptoms seem to be related to GERD.
In GERD, stomach acid gets into the throat causing excessive salivation.
I recommend to use medication to lower the stomach acidity such as Prilosec 20 mg once a day.
It is an over the counter medication.
I also suggest using antacids such as Maalox three times a day.
I recommend to avoid spicy food or too much caffeine, which can trigger the symptoms.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Kind regards!
Dr.Dorina Gurabardhi
General &Family Physician
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
Thank you for your detailed and considerate answer.
Just one more question - does cancer ever cause excess salivation? And if it does, how likely would it be that I was suffering from this cancer?
Thank you
Just one more question - does cancer ever cause excess salivation? And if it does, how likely would it be that I was suffering from this cancer?
Thank you
Brief Answer:
No,cancer does not cause commonly excessive salivation.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again dear,
No,cancer is not commonly related to excessive salivation.
You should not be worried.
Your symptom is very related to GERD.
Hope it helps dear.
Take care,
Dr.Dorina Gurabardhi
No,cancer does not cause commonly excessive salivation.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again dear,
No,cancer is not commonly related to excessive salivation.
You should not be worried.
Your symptom is very related to GERD.
Hope it helps dear.
Take care,
Dr.Dorina Gurabardhi
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
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