Feeling dry mouth, drinking water doesn't help

I don’t know if you have ever had this feeling: you feel very thirsty, but drinking a lot of water doesn’t quench your thirst. It feels like drinking water doesn’t help when you’re dry mouth. Why do we have this feeling? Many diseases can cause people to have this feeling. For example, diabetes, which people often hear about, can make people have this feeling. Stomach heat, yin deficiency, etc. can also cause this situation. Let’s learn about it in detail.

1. Diabetes

The typical symptoms of diabetes are three mores and one less, including thirst.

Because of high blood sugar, diabetic patients' glomerular filtration of glucose exceeds their reabsorption capacity, resulting in a large amount of glucose appearing in the urine, which has a certain diuretic effect. A large amount of urination also takes away a large amount of water, so diabetic patients will urinate frequently and feel thirsty.

When dry mouth and thirst are severe, it also means that diabetes is getting worse. Drinking water alone will not solve the problem. It is best to see a doctor and take hypoglycemic drugs accordingly.

2. Dry mouth

Dry mouth itself is a disease and is more common among the elderly. Due to the decrease in saliva secretion, dry mouth, foreign body sensation in the mouth, and burning sensation may occur, especially when eating dry food, which makes it difficult to swallow.

Approximately less than 50% of the elderly suffer from dry mouth. In daily health care, you can pay more attention to drinking water, eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, and adding more liquid food to the staple food.

3. Yin deficiency

In traditional Chinese medicine, dry mouth is considered a sign of yin deficiency, which is usually manifested by heat, inflammation, and dryness. Such as oral inflammation, dry skin, dry nasal cavity, dry cough, hot palms and soles of feet, etc.

When Yin deficiency occurs, drinking water alone will not help. It is best to nourish yin and moisten dryness, such as eating more yam, white fungus, duck soup, etc., reduce staying up late, and avoid spicy, barbecue and fried foods.

4. Stomach heat

Stomach heat is actually a manifestation of Yin deficiency. Stomach heat can easily lead to excessive gastric motility, which can manifest as hunger, bad breath, dry mouth, etc.

5. Drug-induced

Dry mouth caused by drug side effects is often overlooked, but there are hundreds of drugs that cause dry mouth, such as commonly used stomach medicines, antihypertensive drugs, tranquilizers, etc.

However, the dry mouth symptoms caused by drugs will disappear after stopping the medication. If you cannot stop the medication, it is best to ask your doctor to change the medication.

6. Normal phenomena after surgery

When the body has a major illness, such as a fracture, surgery, or bleeding, dry mouth often occurs. This phenomenon is caused by the excitement that occurs after the body is over-consumed and can be ignored.