Causes of dry mouth

Saliva works together with the digestive system. Saliva performs some of its functions. More saliva is a very strong antiseptic. It also protects the human body from harmful microbes, due to the fact that it contains immunoglobulins, which are necessary to maintain immunity. Dryness in the mouth is a perennial human problem. Doctors do not distinguish it in an independent disease. But there are opinions that the symptom of failure of biochemical processes of the liver and other health problems is dry mouth.

Dry mouth and bad habits

Many people, despite an active information campaign, do not even realize how much their lives spoil, thanks to bad habits. But dry mouth can appear because of smoking, the use of chewing tobacco. Nicotine, contained in the smoke( and smoke in turn is in the mouth) greatly reduces the production of saliva.

Still quite often the dryness in a mouth appears at the person at night or in the morning. For example, after a plentiful alcoholic feast or a noisy party. After intoxication in the morning, a person comes to a person with a dry, the body needs water in the morning. The same situation happens after taking drugs.

The habit of eating a lot of salty foods also leads to the appearance of dryness in the oral cavity.

Other causes of dryness in the oral cavity

Dryness, which appears due to violation of oral breathing, tortures a lot of people. Snoring people are subject to this problem. Because after prolonged snoring the oral mucosa dries up. So the dryness of the mouth appears in people with a stuffy nose.

Dryness as a symptom of human diseases

Dryness in the oral cavity may be a symptom of any disease. Dryness is the first sign of diarrhea, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, hypertension and even such a dangerous disease as botulism.

Xerostomia in diabetics is associated with a decrease in minor sugars in the blood. That leads to failures in the synthesis of mucin and immunoglobulin A. On the day, the human salivary glands produce about two liters of saliva, and this requires a large amount of sugars. If sugar is not enough, then the synthesis of the necessary components occurs, which leads to xerostomia. With the development of dysbacteriosis, dry mouth is also observed.

Disturbance or damage to the salivary glands leads to dry mouth. People with age have a physiological impairment of saliva production, which also leads to dryness.

To get rid of this age-related change, you need to increase the amount of fluid used.

Dryness and medications

Administration of blocking agents sometimes leads to dryness in the oral cavity. This is due to a violation of biochemical processes of the liver. More than three hundred and fifty different drugs can cause dryness. For example, medications are antidepressant, antihistamine and vasoconstrictive. Drugs that normalize blood pressure, diuretic drugs, drugs that reduce pain of a spasmodic nature, can cause dryness in the oral cavity. Even ordinary medicines for anti-histamine and vasoconstrictive actions have an overwhelming effect on the production of saliva.

Dehydration of the body

As dryness is manifested due to lack of water in the human body. A person is eighty percent water, and if we reduce the availability of water by only ten percent, it leads to death. It is important to remember this information in hot weather and physical exertion. To get rid of this, you need to replenish the presence of water in the body.

To support the function of natural saliva, the doctor can advise the use of drugs simulating saliva, for example: special gels, mouthwashes, aerosols and so on.

To reduce dry mouth:

• Often drink water to moisten the mouth.
• Eat moist and soft food( room temperature)
• Restrict intake of salty and dry food, limit consumption of sugar-containing beverages.
• Stimulate the secretion of saliva in the mouth. This will help ice cream, chewing gum without sugar, candy.
• Do not drink alcohol and caffeine.
• Use a variety of rinses and preparations that simulate saliva.