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Does fibromyalgia cause drooling?

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

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Not usually: This would not be expected unless the person were so fatigued from loss of sleep that h/she were dozing off from exhaustion. Drooling is more often related to bell's palsey or a stroke.

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Answered 10/8/2013

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No: I have not read about or encountered a patient withy fibromyalgia who is drooling. Consider seeing a neurologist about this symptom.

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