DYSPHAGIA AND SIALORRHEA: the relationship to Parkinson's disease

Context Dysphagia and sialorrhea in patients with Parkinson's disease are both automatically accepted as dependent on this neurological disease. Objective The aim were to establish if these two complaints are a consequence or associated manifestations of Parkinson's disease. Method Two...

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Main Authors: Denise Hack NICARETTA, Ana Lucia ROSSO, James Pitágoras de MATTOS, Carmelindo MALISKA, Milton M. B. COSTA
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Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2013-03-01
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032013000100042
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author Denise Hack NICARETTA
Ana Lucia ROSSO
James Pitágoras de MATTOS
Carmelindo MALISKA
Milton M. B. COSTA
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Carmelindo MALISKA
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description Context Dysphagia and sialorrhea in patients with Parkinson's disease are both automatically accepted as dependent on this neurological disease. Objective The aim were to establish if these two complaints are a consequence or associated manifestations of Parkinson's disease. Method Two Parkinson's diseases groups from the same outpatients' population were studied. Patients in the first group, with dysphagia, were studied by videofluoroscopy. The second, with sialorrhea, were studied by the scintigraphic method, Results Videofluoroscopic examination of the oral, pharyngeal and esophageal phases of swallowing showed that 94% of Parkinson's diseases patients present, structural causes, not related to Parkinson's diseases, able to produce or intensify the observed disphagia. The scintigraphic examination of Parkinson's diseases patients with sialorrhea showed that there is no increase of serous saliva production. Nevertheless, showed a significantly higher velocity of saliva excretion in the Parkinson's diseases patients. Conclusions Dysphagia can be due to the muscular rigidity often present in the Parkinson's diseases patient, or more usually by non Parkinson's disease associated causes. In Parkinson's diseases patients, sialorrhea is produced by saliva retention. Nevertheless, sialorrhea can produce discomfort in swallowing, although without a formal complaint of dysphagia. In this case, subclinical dysphagia must be considered. Sialorrhea is indicative of dysphagia or at least of subclinical dysphagia. As final conclusion, Parkinson's diseases can be an isolated cause of dysphagia and/or sialorrhea, but frequently, a factor unrelated to Parkinson's diseases is the main cause of or at least aggravates the dysphagia.<br> Contexto Disfagia e sialorreia em pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson s&#227;o automaticamente entendidos como decorrentes do comprometimento neurol&#243;gico produzido pela doen&#231;a de Parkinson. Objetivo Estabelecer se estas duas queixas s&#227;o consequ&#234;ncias ou manifesta&#231;&#245;es associadas &#224; doen&#231;a de Parkinson. M&#233;todo Dois grupos de pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson provenientes da mesma popula&#231;&#227;o ambulatorial foram estudados. O primeiro grupo com queixa de disfagia foi estudado pelo m&#233;todo videofluorosc&#243;pico. Um segundo grupo com sialorreia foi estudado pelo m&#233;todo cintigr&#225;fico. Resultados O exame videofluorosc&#243;pico das fases oral, far&#237;ngea e esof&#225;gica da degluti&#231;&#227;o mostrou que 94% das disfagias nos pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson eram devidas a causas estruturais n&#227;o relacionadas com a doen&#231;a de Parkinson e capazes de produzir ou intensificar a disfagia observada. Os exames cintigr&#225;ficos dos pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson e sialorreia mostraram que n&#227;o ocorre aumento da produ&#231;&#227;o de saliva. No entanto mostrou significante aumento na velocidade de excre&#231;&#227;o da saliva nesses pacientes. Conclus&#245;es A disfagia pode ser devido &#224; rigidez muscular frequentemente presente nos pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson ou mais frequentemente por causas associadas que independem desta. Nos pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson a sialorreia &#233; produzida pela reten&#231;&#227;o oral da saliva. Contudo &#233; poss&#237;vel observar queixa de sialorreia sem formal queixa associada de disfagia. Nesses casos, disfagia sub-cl&#237;nica deve ser considerada. Sialorreia &#233; um indicativo de disfagia ou pelo menos de disfagia sub-cl&#237;nica. Como conclus&#227;o final, a doen&#231;a de Parkinson pode ser causa isolada de disfagia e ou sialorreia, mas frequentemente um fator n&#227;o relacionado com a doen&#231;a de Parkinson pode cursar como a principal causa ou pelo menos como causa agravante da disfagia.
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spelling doaj.art-ffb66205fcea4960b58ab365c232721f2022-12-21T23:57:02ZengInstituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)Arquivos de Gastroenterologia0004-28031678-42192013-03-015014249DYSPHAGIA AND SIALORRHEA: the relationship to Parkinson's diseaseDenise Hack NICARETTAAna Lucia ROSSOJames Pitágoras de MATTOSCarmelindo MALISKAMilton M. B. COSTAContext Dysphagia and sialorrhea in patients with Parkinson's disease are both automatically accepted as dependent on this neurological disease. Objective The aim were to establish if these two complaints are a consequence or associated manifestations of Parkinson's disease. Method Two Parkinson's diseases groups from the same outpatients' population were studied. Patients in the first group, with dysphagia, were studied by videofluoroscopy. The second, with sialorrhea, were studied by the scintigraphic method, Results Videofluoroscopic examination of the oral, pharyngeal and esophageal phases of swallowing showed that 94% of Parkinson's diseases patients present, structural causes, not related to Parkinson's diseases, able to produce or intensify the observed disphagia. The scintigraphic examination of Parkinson's diseases patients with sialorrhea showed that there is no increase of serous saliva production. Nevertheless, showed a significantly higher velocity of saliva excretion in the Parkinson's diseases patients. Conclusions Dysphagia can be due to the muscular rigidity often present in the Parkinson's diseases patient, or more usually by non Parkinson's disease associated causes. In Parkinson's diseases patients, sialorrhea is produced by saliva retention. Nevertheless, sialorrhea can produce discomfort in swallowing, although without a formal complaint of dysphagia. In this case, subclinical dysphagia must be considered. Sialorrhea is indicative of dysphagia or at least of subclinical dysphagia. As final conclusion, Parkinson's diseases can be an isolated cause of dysphagia and/or sialorrhea, but frequently, a factor unrelated to Parkinson's diseases is the main cause of or at least aggravates the dysphagia.<br> Contexto Disfagia e sialorreia em pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson s&#227;o automaticamente entendidos como decorrentes do comprometimento neurol&#243;gico produzido pela doen&#231;a de Parkinson. Objetivo Estabelecer se estas duas queixas s&#227;o consequ&#234;ncias ou manifesta&#231;&#245;es associadas &#224; doen&#231;a de Parkinson. M&#233;todo Dois grupos de pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson provenientes da mesma popula&#231;&#227;o ambulatorial foram estudados. O primeiro grupo com queixa de disfagia foi estudado pelo m&#233;todo videofluorosc&#243;pico. Um segundo grupo com sialorreia foi estudado pelo m&#233;todo cintigr&#225;fico. Resultados O exame videofluorosc&#243;pico das fases oral, far&#237;ngea e esof&#225;gica da degluti&#231;&#227;o mostrou que 94% das disfagias nos pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson eram devidas a causas estruturais n&#227;o relacionadas com a doen&#231;a de Parkinson e capazes de produzir ou intensificar a disfagia observada. Os exames cintigr&#225;ficos dos pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson e sialorreia mostraram que n&#227;o ocorre aumento da produ&#231;&#227;o de saliva. No entanto mostrou significante aumento na velocidade de excre&#231;&#227;o da saliva nesses pacientes. Conclus&#245;es A disfagia pode ser devido &#224; rigidez muscular frequentemente presente nos pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson ou mais frequentemente por causas associadas que independem desta. Nos pacientes com doen&#231;a de Parkinson a sialorreia &#233; produzida pela reten&#231;&#227;o oral da saliva. Contudo &#233; poss&#237;vel observar queixa de sialorreia sem formal queixa associada de disfagia. Nesses casos, disfagia sub-cl&#237;nica deve ser considerada. Sialorreia &#233; um indicativo de disfagia ou pelo menos de disfagia sub-cl&#237;nica. Como conclus&#227;o final, a doen&#231;a de Parkinson pode ser causa isolada de disfagia e ou sialorreia, mas frequentemente um fator n&#227;o relacionado com a doen&#231;a de Parkinson pode cursar como a principal causa ou pelo menos como causa agravante da disfagia.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032013000100042Transtorno de deglutiçãoSialorreiaFluoroscopiaCintilografiaDoença de ParkinsonDeglutition disordersSialorrheaFluoroscopyRadionuclide imagingParkinson disease
spellingShingle Denise Hack NICARETTA
Ana Lucia ROSSO
James Pitágoras de MATTOS
Carmelindo MALISKA
Milton M. B. COSTA
DYSPHAGIA AND SIALORRHEA: the relationship to Parkinson's disease
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
Transtorno de deglutição
Sialorreia
Fluoroscopia
Cintilografia
Doença de Parkinson
Deglutition disorders
Sialorrhea
Fluoroscopy
Radionuclide imaging
Parkinson disease
title DYSPHAGIA AND SIALORRHEA: the relationship to Parkinson's disease
title_full DYSPHAGIA AND SIALORRHEA: the relationship to Parkinson's disease
title_fullStr DYSPHAGIA AND SIALORRHEA: the relationship to Parkinson's disease
title_full_unstemmed DYSPHAGIA AND SIALORRHEA: the relationship to Parkinson's disease
title_short DYSPHAGIA AND SIALORRHEA: the relationship to Parkinson's disease
title_sort dysphagia and sialorrhea the relationship to parkinson s disease
topic Transtorno de deglutição
Sialorreia
Fluoroscopia
Cintilografia
Doença de Parkinson
Deglutition disorders
Sialorrhea
Fluoroscopy
Radionuclide imaging
Parkinson disease
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