Some people wake up in the middle of the night will appear dry mouth problem, also dare not drink too much water, so as not to solve frequent urine and affect sleep.

Why often wakes because of the mouth feeling dryness?

1. Oral diseases or chronic lung diseases

If a person has problems such as bad occlusion of teeth, he will involuntarily open his mouth to breathe when he sleeps, and a large amount of water will be lost in the process of oral breathing, which is easy to induce dry mouth. In addition, for people suffering from chronic bronchitis and emphysema, it is easy to let the body in a state of hypoxia, thus allowing people to open their mouths to breathe, resulting in dry mouth.

2. Suffering from diabetes

Hormones secreted by the body regulate the metabolic balance of water and salt, which can cause thirst when the hormone balance is disturbed, especially in diabetes, which can affect the metabolism of many substances. In addition, diabetic patients have high blood sugar levels, increasing urine output, and even if they drink too much water, they will feel dry mouth.

3. The brain is damaged.

When surgery or injury outside the brain can cause neurological loss, lack of restriction of urination hormone secretion, resulting in diabetes insipidus, accompanied by dry mouth, such people should go to the hospital in time to avoid endangering life.

4. Suffering from hyperthyroidism or kidney disease

Hyperthyroidism patients often have dry mouth in the middle of the night, but also accompanied by general weakness, weight loss and bone pain. In addition, people with kidney disease because of neurological disorders, can not better control the balance of water and sodium, thus losing a lot of water, causing dry mouth.

5. Physiological factors

Now the weather is getting colder and the air is too dry, if you do not add enough water when you sleep, it is easy to cause dry mouth. Another part of the crowd will drool when they sleep sideways or on their stomachs, the continuous outflow of saliva will speed up the consumption of water in the body, thus making people dry mouth.

What can I do to improve feeling mouth dryness at midnight?

If you suffer from oral diseases, you should choose a regular hospital in time to receive treatment, through orthodontic teeth to alleviate the bad occlusion of teeth. If caused by other diseases, you should actively treat the primary disease. Raise the indoor temperature of the living room, put humidifier or a basin of water in the room, so that the humidity is controlled at about 60%. Try not to eat some food that can easily cause fire, such as jujube, longan and so on.During the day to add enough water, eat more water rich cucumber, winter melon, tomatoes, etc. Quit the bad habit of breathing with your mouth, adjust the sleep posture.

Warm Tips

Winter can not stay inside the air-conditioned room for a long time, the indoor temperature control in 27 ℃ or so. Usually can eat more nourishing dry food, such as Lily and lotus seeds.