I care for my 92 year old Mum, I'm 56 and she's lived with me since my Dad died in 2010. She was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia and Mixed Alzheimers in 2013 following a heart attack where she ended up having 4 stents fitted.
Although she has no short or medium term memory and regularly forgets who my Dad was and if he was her husband etc., she's been OK physically, eating reasonably well but often can't be bothered with a knife and fork!
In the last month she has developed a strange cough / sneeze. She also coughs up a huge about of white stuff following these bouts of rattling coughing. The GP prescribed her meds to take four times daily to reduce the saliva but the bouts seem to be more frequent. I have read posts about the swallowing reflex but she can still wolf down egg and chips and iced buns .... its just very strange as the GP says here chest is clear and there is no infection. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks in advance.
Although she has no short or medium term memory and regularly forgets who my Dad was and if he was her husband etc., she's been OK physically, eating reasonably well but often can't be bothered with a knife and fork!
In the last month she has developed a strange cough / sneeze. She also coughs up a huge about of white stuff following these bouts of rattling coughing. The GP prescribed her meds to take four times daily to reduce the saliva but the bouts seem to be more frequent. I have read posts about the swallowing reflex but she can still wolf down egg and chips and iced buns .... its just very strange as the GP says here chest is clear and there is no infection. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks in advance.
