Phlegm in the stomach-peg tube

[tlovins]

Has anyone’s PSP loved one experienced excess phlegm in the stomach? While checking for residual yesterday the hospice nurse said she had never seen so much phlegm in the stomach and was astonished at how thick it was. She asked me if I knew if PSP affected the stomachs ability to produce the juices needed to break down food and such. I have never heard of this in any of my research. The nurse and dietician were both going to do some research. His choking on phlegm had gotten better after adding the scolpolamine patch but since the peg tube it seems like he is choking on phlegm more. Any thoughts on stomach and digestion.

[NannaB]

Hi, my husband had a PEG for 10 months and never had phlegm in the tube. It needed flushing through before and after each feed and sometimes a little feed leaked into the tube but never phlegm. Weird!

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[tlovins in reply to NannaB]

Weird i know. I’ve not heard anything like it. The phlegm was actually in his stomach when they used the syringe to suck out to see if he had residual “food” in his stomach she got a bunch of phlegm. She was perplexed to see that much phlegm in the stomach. I’m guessing normally the stomach juices would break all that down. Maybe PSP slows the functions of the stomach, I just haven’t heard that symptom before.