Will you have dry mouth during early pregnancy?

Women always realize they are pregnant only after a while, some because their menstrual periods are irregular, and some because they just don’t expect it. Usually, women's bodies will experience some changes after they become pregnant, some have chest pain, some have a sensitive sense of smell. Will women experience dry mouth and tongue in the early stages of pregnancy? Half of the time, dry mouth and tongue are caused by heat in the body, so as long as you drink more water and eat some light food, you can effectively relieve it.

1. What causes dry mouth and tongue in early pregnancy?

After women become pregnant, they are often in a state of yin deficiency, which can breed internal heat, so pregnant women often have symptoms such as dry mouth, bitter taste in the mouth, or constipation. At this time, it is generally recommended to clear away heat and cool blood. Eat more fruits, supplement vitamins, etc.

2. Specific causes and treatments of dry mouth in pregnant women:

1. Check whether it is pregnancy-induced hypertension or diabetes.

2. If not, you can put appropriate salt and sugar in the water, which will have the function of quenching thirst.

Dry mouth and bitter taste in the mouth are caused by stomach fire and liver and gallbladder fire, commonly known as angry. The food should be simple and light. You can usually eat eight-treasure porridge, lotus seed porridge, lotus seed and white fungus porridge, lotus seed heart tea, rose tea, and hawthorn tea. If you have severe bitter taste in the mouth, you can eat more lotus seed heart and bitter gourd. In addition to problems with the liver, gallbladder, and stomach, bad mood is also an important reason for bitter taste in the mouth.

When you are pregnant, you should relax and do some things that can add interest to your life, which can soothe the liver and gallbladder, open the chest and relieve the diaphragm.

In general, there is nothing abnormal when pregnant women experience dry mouth. Pay attention to your diet, eat less supplements, greasy, fried and other hot foods, eat more light foods, fruits and vegetables, and drink plenty of water. However, if high blood sugar occurs during pregnancy, that is, gestational diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance, dry mouth may also occur. To ensure the health of mother and child, you must go to a regular hospital for examination in time and take medication with the help of a doctor.

3. Causes of dry mouth and tongue in pregnant women

Before providing solutions for expectant mothers, let us first understand why expectant mothers feel dry mouth.

In fact, the reason why expectant mothers always feel dry mouth during pregnancy is mainly due to the changes in your physical condition during pregnancy. Most women during pregnancy will show a yin deficiency constitution, and once you have yin deficiency, it will cause internal heat. At this time, if the internal fire is not discharged in time, it will accumulate in the body, making you always feel dry mouth and tongue.

Because this dry mouth and tongue is not just a superficial phenomenon, but an internal one, so even if expectant mothers keep drinking water, they may not be able to fundamentally solve the problem of dry mouth and tongue!