Constant coughing and spitting, is this common amongst other dysphagia sufferers?

joegarlic
joegarlic Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
edited March 2022 in Start here and say hello
My father suffered a stroke in August last year and also caught pneumonia whilst still in Hopsital (October).  This has caused him to lose his ability to swallow and is now being fed via a PEG.  He does cough quite a lot and spits out close to 3/4 of a litre of saliva every day.  Is this common amongst other dysphagia sufferers?  Patches and carbocisteine don't appear to make any difference.  
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing
    Hi,
    I'm afraid we are not medical prefessionals so we won't be able to give you any medical advice. If you or your father have any concerns you should speak to his GP.
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  • joegarlic
    joegarlic Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    Hi  thanks for the reply I was just wondering if there were other people in a similar position who could comment if they experience this. 
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  • joegarlic
    joegarlic Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    hi thank you for all your comments, I have spoken to various GPs about my fathers' condition and I understand what's happening.  I guess I was looking to see if there were other people who recognise this so I didn't feel like it was just my father going through it.  I wasn't clear enough on my initial thread that it was other people's experiences that I was interested in, not necessarily medical advice.  sorry.
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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,535 Championing
    edited March 2022
    Morning @joegarlic thanks for explaining what support you're looking for here on the community. Have you found teddybear12's reply helpful at all?

    To help any members with similar experience share their thoughts, I've edited the title of the thread slightly.

    If there's anything else we can help with in the meantime please don't hesitate to ask :)

    Alex
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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,535 Championing
    Oh gosh, my apologies @Teddybear12 I'll edit that now! My brain was on another thread it seems  :D
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