How Gleeking is Surgically Corrected

Gleeking is when an individual is able to squirt spit out of the mouth causing amazement if not disgust from surrounding people. This salivary spray comes out from Wharton's duct which is an opening located under the tongue tip that drains the submandibular glands located under the jawline.

This duct opening normally is about 0.5mm in diameter... very small! The channel that carries saliva to this opening is about 4mm in size.

However, in individuals who have a tendency to gleek unintentionally, the duct opening diameter is even smaller! So what happens with a gleek is when saliva accumulates behind this unusually tight opening (aka, stenotic papilla). Once enough saliva builds up creating enough pressure to overcome this small stenotic opening, it all gets ejected out all at once.

A gleek is analogous to a "cough" where air pressure is built up in the lungs behind a closed voicebox which is than released all at once.

Treatment is essentially to "stretch" the opening of Wharton's duct to a more normal+ size.

Video produced by Dr. Chris Chang:

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[layahYasharahla]

Wow see I knew it wasn’t the Mandela effect and that gleeking was real . As a kid we would always say someone “gleeked “ if spit came from under the tongue accidentally

[melissaralston]

My surgeon was only supposed to remove a tiny stone blocking my duct but instead he surgically opened and sutured the duct open on one of my two sides. Both used to gleek repeatedly on command now it’s just one…

[mhkyhmk]

Wait so this isn't a thing we can all do and have complete control over?

[lunaumbra]

Does this mean not everybody can physically gleek? I've tried off and on and never could do it

[roshankanoje]

सर जी मेरे गले मे स्टोन है आपका पत्ता व फोन नंबर चाहिये