Related articles: Intense salivation
Definition
Excessive production of saliva; common symptom of certain nervous disorders, poisonings, infections (rabies) and various diseases of the oral mucosa (caries, stomatitis, defective prostheses etc.).Possible Causes * of intense salivation
- Achalasia
- Esophageal atresia
- Tonsillary calculations
- Motion sickness
- Hiatal hernia
- pharyngotonsillitis
- Ingestion of caustic substances
- Wilson disease
- Pancreatitis
- Pellagra
- Anger
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Tonsillitis
- Peptic ulcer
