If you are looking for some home remedies to get relief from dry mouth, you have come to the right page.
What Causes Dry Mouth?
Dry mouth, also referred to as hyposalivation or xerostomia, occurs when the salivary glands in your mouth don’t produce enough saliva, leaving you with a constant dry mouth. While dehydration and age might be some of the usual causes, it could also be a side effect of medication or a sign of a deeper medical condition. This condition is caused by abnormal salivary gland function.
Saliva plays a significant role in the digestion process. It facilitates food digestion and moistening. Additionally, it serves as an important defence mechanism for your body to maintain excellent oral health, guarding your mouth from tooth decay and gum disease.
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Dry mouth may be an indication of a number of medical conditions, including diabetes, a stroke, oral yeast infection, Alzheimer’s disease, or autoimmune disorders like Sjogren’s syndrome or HIV/AIDS. Other factors that contribute to dry mouth include snoring and mouth breathing.
There are many factors that can interfere with the functioning of these glands, such as
- Medication: sedatives and muscle relaxants can both cause dry mouth as a side effect.
- Age: Older adults who take medications frequently have dry mouth.
- Treatment for cancer: Radiation therapy to the head and neck might harm the salivary glands, reducing saliva production.
- Both the type of saliva generated by the body and its quantity can alter as a result of chemotherapy.
- Injury or surgery: This may result in dry mouth and injury to the head and neck’s nerves.
- Tobacco: Smoking or chewing tobacco increases the chance of developing symptoms of dry mouth.
- Dehydration: This is caused by not having enough fluids.
- Exercise or outdoor play in the heat might cause the salivary glands to dry since the body’s fluids are being concentrated elsewhere. If physical activity or play lasts for a long time, symptoms of dry mouth are more likely to appear.
- Another of the most common signs of thyroid dysfunction is dry mouth. Pregnancy can also be a factor for many people. Due to the numerous hormonal changes a woman’s body experiences during pregnancy, some pregnant women also suffer from gestational diabetes.
Signs and symptoms associated with a dry mouth may include:
- Bad breath
- Cheilitis, or inflammation, splitting, and cracking of the lips
- Cracking and splitting of the oral mucosa or the inner lining of the cheeks and lips, in which the skin at the corners of the mouth may split or become sore
- Dysgeusia or taste disorders
- Fungal infections in the mouth
- Glossodynia, or tongue pain
- An increased need to drink water, especially at night
- Inflammation of the tongue or tongue ulcers
- Frequent gum disease
- More tooth decay and plaque
- Problems swallowing and chewing — especially dry and crumbly foods, such as crackers or cereals
- Problems wearing dentures — problems with keeping dentures in, denture sores, and the tongue sticking to the roof of the mouth
- Sialadenitis, a salivary gland infection
- Sore throat and
- Sticky or stringy saliva
To prevent such a condition, one can try Drimouth Chewable Tablets by Brahmosmi Bioceuticals. Made with active ingredients such as vitamin C-rich fruit concentrates, Zingiber officinale, and Thymus vulgaris, they work to keep the mouth moist, stimulate saliva production, help protect the parotid glands from radiation effects, relieve nausea, improve appetite, bring back taste, boost immunity and much more.