What causes dry mouth in women?

Many times women feel depressed and have dry mouth and tongue, which has an impact on the patient's spirit and causes serious harm. So what is the reason for women's dry mouth and tongue? Women's dry mouth and tongue are caused by many reasons, including patients eating too salty food, some patients are caused by eating too little, and more patients are caused by diseases. Let’s take a look at it together, I hope everyone can gain some understanding.

Causes of dry mouth include:

1. The lungs fail to distribute fluid and the kidney yin is insufficient. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dry mouth involves the lungs, kidneys, spleen and stomach. Lung fluid deficiency and kidney yin deficiency can cause dry mouth. Eating spicy and hot foods can also cause dry mouth. At this time, drinking water alone is not enough, and you also need to nourish yin and produce fluid. Drinks such as watermelon juice, lotus root juice, pear juice, milk, and sour plum juice can help quench thirst.

2. Diabetes. Experts point out that the most common patient with dry mouth is diabetes. In the early stages of diabetes, patients often experience discomfort such as dry mouth and thirst. Further development may lead to polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia and weight loss, which are the typical "three mores and one less" symptoms.

3. Oral diseases Oral diseases such as chronic submandibular gland inflammation, mumps, oral gland stones, etc. can lead to oral gland lesions and reduce saliva secretion, thus causing dry mouth symptoms; and many elderly people have aging and reduced function of tissues and organs, and atrophy of oral glands, which reduces saliva secretion and causes dry mouth. This type of dry mouth in the elderly is physiological dry mouth, and they can go to the dentistry department for a specialist examination.

4. Sjögren's syndrome Patients with Sjögren's syndrome may also experience symptoms of dry mouth. Sjögren's syndrome is easily missed and misdiagnosed. Patients need to see a rheumatologist for a comprehensive examination. Blood tests for ANA antinuclear antibodies, anti-SSA and anti-SSB can confirm the diagnosis.

5. Hyperthyroidism Hyperthyroidism can also cause dry mouth symptoms. Clinical symptoms include dry mouth, sweating, heat intolerance, thyroid enlargement, and exophthalmos. Hyperthyroidism has a slow onset and its early symptoms are not obvious, so it is easily ignored by patients. However, with the help of thyroid function laboratory tests, it is easy to get a clear diagnosis.

6. Diabetes insipidus patients should also pay attention to the possibility of diabetes insipidus if they have obvious dry mouth and thirst. The symptoms of dry mouth, polydipsia and polyuria in patients with diabetes insipidus are more obvious than those with other diseases. The urine volume of ordinary patients is often greater than 4 liters/day, and in severe cases it can reach more than 10 liters.

The reasons why women have dry mouth and tongue are very complicated. When patients consult about the reasons why women have dry mouth and tongue, they can first make a detailed understanding of the cause, so that they can find out the cause of the disease. Patients can also take measures to improve or treat dry mouth and tongue. After patients notice symptoms of dry mouth and tongue, they must first find the cause of the disease and pay attention to disease prevention in their future life.