Why do I still have dry mouth after drinking a lot of water?

In our daily lives, we will encounter many problems with our physical health. So what should we do when we encounter them? Should we go to the doctor? For example, what if you often feel dry mouth? If you encounter such a problem for the first time, then your solution must be to drink more water. But do you still have this feeling after drinking water? So what to do? Do you know why this happens? Here is some relevant knowledge.

1. Physiological dry mouth. It is common in dry mouth caused by drinking too little water, eating too salty food and a lot of dry food, after strenuous exercise and excessive sweating, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, menopausal tension and anxiety, etc. Healthy elderly people may also experience varying degrees of dry mouth due to atrophy of glands in the oral mucosa and reduced saliva secretion.

2. Pathological dry mouth. It is often caused by various diseases. For example, patients with rhinitis, sinusitis, and deviated nasal septum often have poor nasal ventilation and mouth breathing, which causes evaporation of water in the mouth and causes dry mouth; asthma patients have dry mouth due to accelerated and deeper breathing, which causes excessive evaporation of water from the respiratory tract; patients with sleep apnea have dry mouth after getting up in the morning due to mouth breathing at night; diabetic patients may experience dry mouth and thirst due to increased blood sugar causing increased plasma osmotic pressure and polyuria. Certain pituitary tumors can also cause dry mouth. The most severe dry mouth occurs in patients with Sjögren's syndrome, because the immune response destroys the parotid glands, salivary glands in the mouth, lacrimal glands and glands in the nasal mucosa, causing patients to experience unbearable dry mouth, dry eyes and dry nose. In severe cases, it is difficult to turn the tongue and close the eyes.

So, how can the elderly prevent and treat dry mouth in daily life? Doctor Zhao said that if you suffer from dry mouth, in addition to going to the hospital for a comprehensive examination and treatment of the cause, you should pay attention to your daily life conditioning. The effective measures are:

1. Drink more water every day. It is best to drink water multiple times, in small amounts each time. Gargle several times a day. You can choose 30 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, 20 grams of Platycodon grandiflorum, and 6 grams of licorice. Soak them in boiling water and drink as tea or for gargling.

2. You should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. Because fresh vegetables and fruits not only contain a lot of vitamins and water, but also rich in crude fiber, they need to be chewed thoroughly before swallowing, and the chewing process can effectively stimulate the secretion of salivary glands. It is more appropriate to eat sour fruits regularly, such as hawthorn, apricot, kiwi, strawberry, etc.

Through the above learning, do you have a better understanding of this knowledge? So in daily life, you should not only improve your diet and eat more fruits to supplement vitamins, but also pay attention to proper exercise. If you encounter such a problem, I believe the above good suggestions will help you. I wish you a speedy recovery.