nona
Senior member
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2018
- Messages
- 555
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 02/2015
- Country
- US
- State
- NH
- City
- New London
For the past few months, my teeth and gums feel scummy, no matter how often I have them brushed. This trickles down my throat and I'm constantly clearing and coughing it up. For awhile I thought it was allergy related and Allegra helped a little bit. My palliative care nurse said it's biofilm from mouth breathing and not eating solid foods. My PCP thought it was thrush and I did a ten-day course of Nystatin that seemed to help but the scum came right back after I stopped.
Is this just typical of progression? I don't have much of what I thought were secretions and not a lot of phlegm outside of this slimy mouth. If this is typical, is there a way of reducing it? I do drink water by mouth all day.
Is this just typical of progression? I don't have much of what I thought were secretions and not a lot of phlegm outside of this slimy mouth. If this is typical, is there a way of reducing it? I do drink water by mouth all day.