The saliva becomes very sticky

The sticky saliva is usually caused by dry mouth, and it may also be caused by stomach disease. It is best to go to the hospital for relevant examinations, find out the cause, and then treat it symptomatically. You must develop good living habits, drink plenty of water, do not eat greasy and spicy foods, eat more stomach-nourishing porridge, massage your abdomen appropriately, and maintain regular eating habits.

1. What causes dry mouth?

Diabetes: The typical symptoms of diabetic patients can be summarized as "three mores and one less", namely, drinking more, eating more, urinating more and losing weight. Due to frequent urination, the body loses a lot of water, so it is easy to feel thirsty and like to drink more water. Chronic mumps: Bacteria can cause chronic mumps, which is characterized by decreased saliva. In addition to dry mouth, there is also a salty taste in the mouth when you wake up in the morning. Hyperthyroidism: Patients with this disease have accelerated energy metabolism: heat production increases, heat dissipation accelerates, and then manifests as dry mouth. Mental factors such as tension and anxiety; the glands in the oral mucosa atrophy and reduced saliva secretion in the elderly.

Sjögren's syndrome: As an immune disease, if it is not detected and controlled early, it will cause serious conditions in other parts of the body. The main symptoms of dry mouth in this patient are: first, the mouth usually feels extremely dry, and they often have to get up to drink water at night, and have difficulty swallowing food; second, the tongue and teeth lose the nourishment of saliva, causing changes in the oral environment; finally, the tongue surface is dry and without saliva, the cementum is damaged, and the teeth in the entire mouth are affected almost at the same time, and bad breath occurs.

2. Symptoms of dry mouth

The decrease in saliva secretion in the oral cavity leads to changes in the local environment; the lack of self-cleaning function of the teeth and the decrease in the antibacterial effect of saliva can easily cause aggressive caries or periodontal disease. Oral mucosa is dry and atrophic. The tongue is red, the tongue coating is reduced, grooves appear on the back of the tongue, and there is a burning sensation. For the elderly, dryness in any link will cause a decrease in the amount of saliva, resulting in dry mouth symptoms. The decrease in saliva secretion leads to a series of corresponding symptoms. The amount of saliva secreted is small, and the flushing effect on the teeth and oral mucosa is also small, which makes the oral self-cleaning function worse. Therefore, patients with xerostomia have a higher rate of dental caries. The taste of most patients with dry mouth is also affected, which cannot effectively stimulate appetite and will affect the function of the entire digestive system.

3. Treatment of dry mouth

Treatment of dry mouth includes both causal and symptomatic treatment. Cause treatment is most effective when the cause is clear. For example, drug-induced dry mouth can be relieved by adjusting the medication and its dosage. Dry mouth caused by increased saliva consumption can be solved by eliminating causes such as mouth breathing. If the dry mouth is caused by destruction of the salivary gland substance, such as after radiotherapy for head and neck malignant tumors and Sjögren's syndrome, symptomatic treatment is currently the main method to relieve dry mouth and reduce complications.

How to treat dry mouth

1. Pay attention to hydration. Eat more porridge, soy milk, radish, lotus root, water chestnut, pear, honey and other foods that moisten the lungs, produce fluid, nourish yin and clear dryness.

2. In particular, pears have the functions of promoting fluid and quenching thirst, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, clearing away heat and reducing fire, nourishing blood and promoting muscle growth, moistening the lungs and clearing dryness. They are very suitable for people with internal heat, lung heat cough, dry throat and sore throat, and dry stool.

3. Duck meat is mild in nature, sweet and salty in taste, and is a yin-nourishing and tonic food. It can nourish the Yin of the five internal organs and clear away the heat of exhaustion. Duck eggs are also a Yin-nourishing food.

4. Black plum is sour in taste and can restrain superficial heat. Dry mouth and saliva are caused by internal fire rising and insufficient body fluid. Sourness can restrain internal fire and transform body fluid, so it is the main treatment. "For patients with Sjögren's syndrome, it is advisable to boil black plums with rock sugar in water to make a homemade black plum soup, which is sour and sweet, and sour and sweet can nourish yin, so it is especially suitable for drinking.

5. Pay attention to hydration. Eat more porridge, soy milk, radish, lotus root, water chestnut, pear, honey and other foods that moisten the lungs, produce fluid, nourish yin and clear dryness.