The Sialorrhea, also known as salivation or Hypersalivation, is a disorder that causes our body carries excessive production of saliva, generating a great oral discomfort sufferers. Sialorrhea is produced mainly by a failure in the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for controlling all our responses, stimuli and involuntary acts, it also produces and restores our body energy.
Sialorrhea can also be caused by an infection or disease that is occurring in the gastrointestinal tract, completely ruling out that it is an anomaly present in the glands that produce the fluid that keeps the human oral cavity lubricated. Commonly when we see a person excreting a large amount of saliva, we say that they are drooling, however it can be a serious problem. Sialorrheic drooling can also be a symptom of an external agent that is affecting the human body, drugs, infections, mercury poisoning, insecticides among others.. Patients diagnosed with brain diseases such as body paralysis, Alzheimer's, lack the ability to control their saliva flow which causes hypersalivation.
The drooling may be common in children because they tend to put things in their mouth frequently, which can cause them some discomfort in the gums and the same glands, in the same way, the appearance of new teeth can automatically cause excessive saliva in the child's mouth. The side effects of hypersalivation, in addition to being aesthetic and hygienic, can be translated as dehydration and dermatological problems around the lip groove , bad breath (halitosis), irritation of the gums, and yellowing of the teeth.
El tratamiento más aconsejable en estos casos luego de determinada la causa es la ingesta de medicamentos que puedan reducir la salivación, en quirófano se pueden retirar las glándulas que producen la saliva, pero si el trastorno disminuye, representará un problema médico un mayor. Para las personas que se conducen en la vida con sialorrea sin tener una patología mucho mayor, pueden recurrir a la terapia psicológica para disminuir la sensación de que se necesita un exceso de saliva.
