Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is one of the life threatening complications of antipsychotic psychotropic medication. We here report a case of a 39 years old male who has had a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia since the age of 18. He had been on antipsychotic therapy since then. He was stable on a combination of antipsychotics. He had mild hyper-salivation for a long time but was not very co...

The VIIth cranial (facial) nerve is largely motor in function (some sensory fibres from external acoustic meatus, fibres controlling salivation and taste fibres from the anterior tongue in the chorda tympani branch). It also supplies the stapedius (so a complete nerve lesion will alter auditory acuity on the affected side). From the facial nerve nucleus in the brainstem, fibres loop around the ...

INTRODUCTION: In some cases, saliva production (sialorrhea — hypersalivation) can be so significant that it needs to monitored and accounted for in the assessment maintenance of patient's water balance. OBJECTIVE: Description a clinical case sialorrhea, which had clinically manifestation balance 2-month-old child intensive care unit (ICU). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Baby, 2 month old, was treated I...