What causes unconscious drooling?

Drooling is a relatively common phenomenon, especially among children. This is because children's oral cavity is immature, resulting in vigorous saliva secretion and failure to discharge in time, causing saliva to flow out of the mouth. Drooling generally has no effect on the health of the body, but what is the cause of unconscious drooling? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

In traditional Chinese medicine, drooling is generally considered to be caused by spleen deficiency and spleen dysfunction. You can consider taking some spleen-strengthening Chinese medicine, such as ginseng spleen-strengthening pills for conditioning.

Drooling can be divided into physiological and pathological types. The vast majority are physiological phenomena. Children start eating complementary foods and increase their chewing. At the same time, the deciduous teeth begin to erupt, the gums are stimulated, and a nerve reflex is triggered. These will stimulate saliva secretion and increase saliva. However, children's mouths are shallow, and they cannot swallow excess saliva in time, so the excess saliva will flow out from the corners of their mouths.

1. Poor oral hygiene: The temperature and humidity in the mouth are most suitable for the reproduction of bacteria. The accumulation of food residues or sugar substances in the gaps between teeth and on the tooth surfaces can easily lead to tooth decay and periodontal disease. These adverse factors are stimulating and can cause drooling while sleeping.

2. Malformation of front teeth: This may be due to genetic factors and acquired bad habits, such as biting nails, sticking out tongue, biting pencil heads, etc., which cause deformity of front teeth and drooling while sleeping.

3. Neuroregulatory disorders: The regulation of saliva secretion is completely neuroreflexive. The so-called "looking at the plum to quench thirst" is an example of conditioned reflex saliva secretion in daily life. Therefore, disorders in neural regulation may also cause drooling while sleeping. If you drool while sleeping, the drool tastes salty, and your pillowcase is light yellow, it is most likely due to poor oral hygiene, accumulation of food residues, and excessive tartar over time, which can cause gingivitis and even a small amount of bleeding gums. Therefore, the saliva that flows out while sleeping has a salty taste and is light yellow in color.

Guidance: The prevention and treatment methods are: First of all, pay attention to oral hygiene, develop the habit of brushing your teeth in the morning and evening, and rinsing your mouth after meals. You can also consult a dentist, use cleaning therapy to remove tartar, take vitamins C and B2 and other medicines to eliminate gingivitis and reduce adverse stimulation.