ginger1
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Hello
My dad is 78 and has recently had problems with slurring of his speech and excess saliva. He saw a neurologist at our local hospital who gave him a physical examination but no other tests. Then told him he needed new dentures! My dad has been to the dentist and he said he does not need new dentures surprise! He now has patches which are meant for motion sickness to dry out the saliva, he only put it on saturday but today when i phoned him he sounds worse and to me he sounded like he was having problems getting his words out and some I did not understand. His speech seems worse than when I saw him on Friday. I feel very frustrated because I think he has been fobbed off by the neurologist and should have had more tests. He is reluctant at the moment to go back to the doctors and press for more tests.
So I googled slurring and excess saliva and got ALS back. I am not wishing this on my dad but would like to know what tests we should push for and what symptoms to look out for. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?
By the way we live in the UK in the west country.
Thanks
My dad is 78 and has recently had problems with slurring of his speech and excess saliva. He saw a neurologist at our local hospital who gave him a physical examination but no other tests. Then told him he needed new dentures! My dad has been to the dentist and he said he does not need new dentures surprise! He now has patches which are meant for motion sickness to dry out the saliva, he only put it on saturday but today when i phoned him he sounds worse and to me he sounded like he was having problems getting his words out and some I did not understand. His speech seems worse than when I saw him on Friday. I feel very frustrated because I think he has been fobbed off by the neurologist and should have had more tests. He is reluctant at the moment to go back to the doctors and press for more tests.
So I googled slurring and excess saliva and got ALS back. I am not wishing this on my dad but would like to know what tests we should push for and what symptoms to look out for. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?
By the way we live in the UK in the west country.
Thanks