Why do I feel bitter and bad breath when I wake up?

It is quite common to have a bitter mouth and bad breath when you wake up in the morning. There are many reasons for this symptom. For example, excessive liver fire often leads to getting inflamed, and then you will have bitter mouth and bad breath. In addition, if you have a poor diet and often eat greasy food, it will often lead to stomach fire, which may also cause such symptoms. If you have an irregular lifestyle and often stay up late, this may also cause such symptoms.

Reasons for bitter breath after waking up:

1. Hepatobiliary inflammation:

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that a bitter taste in the mouth when waking up in the morning is mainly caused by damp heat. Damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder and bitter taste in the mouth may be caused by inflammation in the liver and gallbladder. For example, when the liver or gallbladder is inflamed, bile excretion is abnormal, resulting in a bitter taste in the mouth;

2. Stomach heat and bitter taste in the mouth:

Due to unreasonable diet and eating too much spicy food, it can also cause bitter taste in the mouth. Patients with poor gastric motility and esophageal inflammation may also experience bitter taste in the mouth due to bile reflux into the stomach.

3. Irregular life.

Insufficient sleep, excessive smoking, alcoholism, etc. can cause a bitter taste in the mouth; snoring, sleeping with the mouth open, oral inflammation, etc. can also easily cause a bitter taste in the mouth.

4. Psychological bitterness in the mouth:

Due to the high mental pressure from work, coupled with improper and irregular diet and lack of activity, their gastrointestinal function is sluggish, and the food stays in the gastrointestinal tract too long, which can easily produce damp heat and cause bitterness in the mouth.

5. Some chronic diseases such as diabetes can also cause bitter taste in the mouth.

Prevention and treatment:

The best way to prevent and cure bitter taste in the mouth is to treat the underlying disease, quit bad habits in life, such as smoking and drinking, and pay attention to oral hygiene.

1. People with chronic diseases should treat the bitter taste in the mouth according to the cause.

2. Relieve psychological pressure, maintain regular life and diet, and a reasonable food structure, eat less spicy food, and eat more fruits and vegetables, etc.

3. Exercise appropriately to promote the normal functioning of digestive function;

4. Vitamin C tablets are effective for any cause of bitter taste in the mouth. The dosage of vitamins is 2 to 3 tablets three times a day, dissolved under the tongue. Bitter melon can also treat bitter taste in the mouth.