What to do if your mouth hurts after eating preserved eggs

Some people find that their mouths hurt when they eat preserved eggs. This is mainly because eggs contain a large amount of alkaline substances. These alkaline substances will irritate the oral mucosa and cause symptoms of oral pain. In this case, you can drink some carbonated drinks or rice vinegar to neutralize the acid and alkali. When eating preserved eggs, you can add a little vinegar when making cold dishes, which can also help neutralize the effect.

Why does my mouth hurt when I eat preserved eggs?

Preserved eggs are wrapped in lime, so they are made from pure alkali and contain a lot of alkaline substances! It irritates the oral mucosa. When the mouth is inflamed, it causes pain when swallowing or a dry and astringent feeling in the mouth.

What to do if your mouth hurts after eating preserved eggs

Treatment method: First, drink carbonated and acidic beverages. If there are no beverages, drinking vinegar water will also work. Can effectively neutralize alkalinity. Reduces pain and inflammation.

Second, eat more fruits, which can effectively reduce the invasion of anaerobic bacteria in the cavity. But if your mouth is not treated, it will gradually get better within a few days.

Who can't eat preserved eggs?

1. Children

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that a child’s body is a body of “childish yin and childish yang” and has an extremely active metabolism. After being absorbed by children, the trace amount of lead in "lead-free" eggs will remain in tissues such as the liver, lungs, kidneys, brain, and red blood cells, and will also cause the loss of calcium in bones and teeth. Regular consumption of "lead-free preserved eggs" can cause children to suffer from bone and tooth maldevelopment, loss of appetite, gastroenteritis, etc., and can also affect their intellectual development.

2. Patients with liver and kidney diseases

People with spleen yang deficiency, diarrhea caused by cold and dampness, cardiovascular disease, and liver and kidney diseases should eat less.

What are the effects and functions of preserved eggs?

Preserved eggs taste spicy, astringent, sweet, salty and cold in nature. 1. Preserved eggs taste spicy, astringent, sweet, salty and cold in nature. They enter the stomach meridian. They have the effects of moisturizing the throat, removing heat, sobering up, removing large intestine fire, and treating diarrhea.

2. If you add vinegar and mix it with food, it can clear away heat and inflammation, nourish the heart and mind, and nourish the body; it can be used to treat periodontal disease, mouth ulcers, dry throat and thirst, etc.