Talk:Drooling

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drool[edit]

Why do we drool in intense sleep? Chris 04:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The muscles are all relaxed. Some people sleep with their mouth open, especially people who can't breath easily through their nose. See: mouthbreathing. Lesion 20:10, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

drooling in the elderly[edit]

Drooling in the Elderly is not mentioned in this article. I'm surprised by this as drooling in quite common among the Elderly. I came to this page hoping to find reasons for why my Grandmother has started drooling. It would be nice if this was included in a future update of the article. --Chardn 15:59, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Drooling in animals[edit]

No mention is made of animals or pets prone to drooling (i.e bloodhounds) . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.66.152.215 (talk) 02:50, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Drooling as pejorative term[edit]

More than once, I've seen references to "people drooling", refering to people considered "stupid" - for me, it's clearly a pejorative use of the term. So, anyone has more knowledge about it? 189.15.230.243 (talk) 01:19, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Medical overview[edit]

A succint overview is from a grand round's presentation http://www.utmb.edu/otoref/grnds/drooling-030129/drooling-030129.htm

N.B. presentation on a round is not in itself a medical reliable source, per WP:MEDRS, but it might help as an overview and the citations to more (to us) reliable sources may be useful. David Ruben ^Talk 17:38, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Home Care[edit]

The first lines under Home Care, "Care for drooling due to teething includes good oral hygiene. Ice pops or other cold objects (e.g., frozen bagels) may be helpful. Care must be taken to avoid choking when a child uses any of these objects.", sounds like it should be in Wikihow.com according to the fact that Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal. 46.162.70.10 (talk) 02:39, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fusion????[edit]

Drooling is not hyper salivation. Sometimes can be caused by hyper salivation. Nini ^✉ 17:04, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I also oppose the proposed merge to Hypersalivation. Drooling is normal in babies (and in the presence of good chocolate

). Hypersalivation is not normal. They are therefore separate topics and need separate pages. WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:34, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah! I have modified a little bit this page so now is less confusing I think. DocElisa ^✉ 21:47, 11 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DocElisa (talk • contribs) [reply]

I have removed the merge tag. LT90001 (talk) 10:33, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lead image is misleading[edit]

The lead image is of a dog drooling, yet the article is exclusively about humans. The article either needs a section on non-human animals or a more representative lead image.__DrChrissy (talk) 09:08, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The caption used to read something else [1]. Unfortunately, commons does not offer many alternatives. We have this -> which maybe could be cropped to the infant's face. Lesion 09:40, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How Can You not include Hunger!!! That's Insane[edit]

Hunger and wanting to eat something that your really passionate about is the #1 reason for drooling in people.

Who doesn't drool when they think of there favorite foods and being able to indulge in them.

Some even drool with attractive people of the opposite sex.

But honestly not to include drooling over food is ridiculous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.63.91.76 (talk) 23:34, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]