What causes bitter taste in the mouth?

A bitter taste in the mouth is quite common in life, and there are many causes. For example, if you do not pay attention to oral hygiene, smoke frequently, and eat greasy food frequently, it may cause a bitter taste in the mouth. Of course, you should also pay attention to some diseases. The most common one is periodontal disease. Other chronic diseases may also cause such phenomena, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, liver and gallbladder diseases, etc.

What causes bitter taste in the mouth?

1. Oral diseases: Some oral diseases, such as holes in teeth, gingivitis, etc., can also cause bad smell, bitterness, dryness and other symptoms in the mouth. You should see a dentist in time, pay attention to oral hygiene, and choose a health toothbrush to brush your teeth.

2. Diabetes

Since the most common symptoms of diabetes are polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia and weight loss, it is precisely because patients have frequent urination problems that frequent urination can lead to dehydration of the body, which in turn causes dry throat. The more water you drink, the more you urinate, so you fall into a vicious circle. Some patients may also have a bitter taste in the mouth.

3. Inflammation of liver and gallbladder

Due to inflammation of the liver and gallbladder, especially in patients with cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, poor gallbladder function and biliary system motility disorders result in abnormal bile secretion, which in turn causes a bitter taste in the mouth, accompanied by headache, dizziness, flushed face and eyes, impatience, irritability, dry and hard stools, etc.

4. Wind-cold

Exogenous wind-cold is usually caused by being too tired and not getting enough rest, coupled with being exposed to wind or cold, which causes the wind-cold evil qi to turn into heat and enter the Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, often causing symptoms such as bitter taste in the mouth. It is said in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases": "Symptoms of Shaoyang disease are bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, dizziness, irritability, and nausea." This is the reason.

5. Excessive heart fire

Excessive heart fire is mostly due to depression of emotions turning into fire, or internal invasion of fire evil, or too spicy and stimulating diet, eating too many warm and nourishing foods, and not adjusting lifestyle habits in a timely manner, which can cause fire to accumulate for a long time and burn in the heart. Then symptoms such as thirst, irritability, insomnia, constipation, yellow urine, flushed face, and bitter taste in the mouth may appear.