Chinese medicine, dry mouth and more by the liver and kidney, Jin Cheng is not the cause, or injury by the heat Sheng-chun, fried due to burning body fluid. Always thought a mere dry mouth affect the overall situation, more water will be readily solved. In fact, the dry mouth is a signal of many diseases.
1) Sjogren's syndrome
Dry mouth is one of the main symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome. The dry mouth is often unbearable, even if the water does not quench their thirst without leaving port. Patients with reduced saliva, swallowing dry food is very difficult to crack the tongue and mouth pain, prone to dental caries. About half of the parotid gland swelling in patients, some patients with submandibular gland or nearby lymph nodes symptoms, some patients accompanied by joint pain, to elbow, knee more common. Severe cases may cause renal tubular damage, resulting in arrhythmias and other dangerous consequences. Dry eye syndrome patients also often have foreign body sensation, burning sensation, and the nose dry, scab.
Experts advise - the diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome is not difficult, but it's dry mouth symptoms were not noticed by patients and doctors, resulting in misdiagnosis.
2) diabetes
Diabetes often have dry mouth, thirst symptoms. The typical clinical symptoms of diabetes patients can be summarized as "more than three a little", which means more drinking, more drinking, polyuria and weight loss.
Polyuria, including increased frequency of urination and increased urine output, daily urine volume up to 3-5 liters, or even up to 10 liters.
As more urine, the body loses large amounts of water, so I drink more than thirst hi. Water intake and blood glucose concentrations, urine output and urine loss is proportional to the amount of sugar.
As early signs of diabetes, dry mouth, often due to lack of other typical symptoms but easily overlooked, so let slip the opportunity for early treatment.
Experts advise - the diagnosis of diabetes easier, hyperglycemia is the main basis for diagnosis of diabetes. As long as fasting blood glucose and postprandial blood glucose, will be able to identify diabetes have a clear picture.
3) hyperthyroidism
Hyperthyroidism (hyperthyroidism) will also experience dry mouth. Energy metabolism in patients with hyperthyroidism, faster, increased oxygen consumption, increased heat production, heat dissipation is also accelerated. Clinical symptoms of dry mouth, sweating, heat intolerance, moist skin, and temperature, goiter, exophthalmos.
Slow onset of hyperthyroidism, most patients do not remember the exact time of onset, coupled with no significant early symptoms, patients so easily ignored, but if the use of thyroid function in early laboratory tests, it is very easy to get a definite diagnosis.
More than medicine to nourish the liver and kidney, qi, moistens dryness, heat treatment fluid and method of xerostomia, and has good effect.
Xerostomia, patients can use the following recipe for treatment: Wong Ching 15 grams, 10 grams of Polygonatum, Radix 10 grams, 10 grams of Radix, lily 10 grams. Soaked on behalf of the tea used to help alleviate the dry mouth symptoms.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Dry mouth and pay attention to diabetes and hyperthyroidism
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