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Still wiping your mouth dozens of times a day?
Most Parkinson’s drooling isn’t caused by making too much saliva. This free guide explains what’s really happening, and why that changes everything.
Send Me The Drooling ResetIf any of this sounds familiar...
- You’re constantly wiping your mouth.
- You keep tissues in every room.
- You’ve started avoiding restaurants and conversations.
- You wonder if people notice before you do.
This guide was written for you.
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Picture your kitchen sink.
The faucet is saliva. The drain is swallowing.
Parkinson’s doesn’t turn the faucet up. It slows the drain. The automatic swallow that used to clear saliva all day, without you thinking about it, fires less often. The sink overflows.
The answer is not to turn down the faucet. It is to fix the drain.
Drool is simply saliva that did not get swallowed.
Once you understand that, the rest starts making sense.
You do not have to take my word for it
Parkinson's Foundation
Drooling comes from “reduced automatic swallowing, not excess saliva production.”
Michael J. Fox Foundation
“People with Parkinson’s swallow less often, so saliva builds up.”
American Parkinson Disease Association
Saliva collects in the mouth because swallowing happens less often.
Three of the largest Parkinson’s organizations. One conclusion. The amount of saliva is not the problem.
Inside The Drooling Reset you’ll discover:
- A 10-second test you can do with your own mouth that changes how you understand Parkinson’s drooling
- Why the usual explanation is incomplete
- Why common treatments manage the symptom instead of the underlying problem
- One simple change you can start today
Imagine sitting through church. Dinner with friends. Hugging your grandchildren. Without wondering if you’re drooling.
Understanding the real problem is the first step toward spending less time thinking about drooling, and more time enjoying the people around you.
Over 10 years as a speech-language pathologist, there’s one question I hear more than any other: “Why has nobody ever explained it like this before?”
Robert Smith, M.S., CCC-SLP
10+ years of clinical experience