What is the cause of xerostomia?

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I believe many people have experienced dry mouth. It is difficult to get good treatment by taking medicine. Taking medicine can only alleviate the disease. Even if they feel dry mouth after drinking water for a short time, I will share the reasons for dry mouth?. Hope to help you.

What is the cause of xerostomia?

First, many prescription and over-the-counter drugs have side effects of dry mouth. For example, for the treatment of depression, anxiety, pain, allergies, cold (antihistamine and relieve congestion), obesity, acne, epilepsy, hypertension and other drugs can cause dry mouth symptoms, generally belong to the normal phenomenon, just as some cold drugs can cause drowsiness.

Second: some physical diseases themselves can make people have dry mouth symptoms. For example, patients with xerostomia syndrome, HIV / AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, mumps and other diseases will have symptoms of xerostomia.

Third: some drugs may cause harmful side effects to the body, especially long-term use of certain drugs may lead to salivary gland or thirsty sensory nerve damage, leading to long-term or even permanent dry mouth. For example, radiotherapy and chemotherapy for head and neck cancer may damage salivary glands, resulting in reduced salivary secretion.

matters needing attention

Some bad habits will lead to dry mouth, such as smoking, chewing tobacco will affect the secretion of saliva; In addition, special attention should be paid to the habit that some people use mouth breathing, which will accelerate the evaporation of oral water and lead to dry mouth. Habitual mouth breathing will lead to long-term dry mouth and a series of oral problems.