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Is excess saliva making speech more difficult with myasthenia gravis?

With MG, the muscles involved in swallowing and speech can weaken, making it harder to manage saliva effectively. This can lead to a buildup that interferes with talking clearly.

Here are some things that may help:

- Rest your voice regularly Show Full Answer

Is excess saliva making speech more difficult with myasthenia gravis?

With MG, the muscles involved in swallowing and speech can weaken, making it harder to manage saliva effectively. This can lead to a buildup that interferes with talking clearly.

Here are some things that may help:

- Rest your voice regularly throughout the day to reduce muscle fatigue
- Cough drops — an MGteam member found that cherry cough drops helped manage dry mouth and swallowing difficulties, and something similar may help with saliva control
- Speech therapy — a speech-language pathologist can work on muscle strength and teach techniques to manage saliva and improve speech more efficiently
- Medication — speak with a neurologist, as MG treatments that improve nerve-to-muscle communication may also help with bulbar symptoms like saliva management It's worth bringing this up with a neurologist, especially if it's getting worse or happening more often. Speech problems in MG can progress even when other symptoms stabilize, so early attention really does matter here.

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