My wife had head and neck cancer (phrangeal lymphoma) in 2002. Treated with radiation therapy. Was told that saliva would return 6-8 months after therapy…it did for a while and disappeared. Have dry mouth (xerostomia) for approx. 8 months now.
Has he tried just gum. Chewing gum stimulates the salivary glands to produce saliva. That’s what I would do.
When I run for my cross country team, I get a really dry mouth and throat. It hurts when I swallow and my spit is white, instead of clear. And if I drink water, I get cramps. How can I prevent this?
It has little to do with hydration and more with the current weather. Around season’s change, more dust gets into the air and as you breathe heavily during running, those particles are like knives on the back of your throat. Water will definitely help with this but if you want something that will soothe; after your run drink chocolate milk. Sounds ridiculous but it will feel much better than water.
i am a high performance athlete and i am constantly drinking water. even when i drink more water than average, i still feel dehydrated in the same amount of time that i would if i drank little water. my urine could be completely clear, but within 10 minutes of running my mouth will be dry.
Probably you need to drink more water or you reched your limit of pounds to be shed etc so you will hardly sweat,
Every morning I wake up and I feel absolutely disgusting. My nose and mouth are always extremely dry and I don’t understand why (today I woke up with dried blood in my nose; my mom said she found some blood on my pillow too). My best guess is that it’s really stuffy in the house at night and I’m not getting enough ventilation. What do you think it is? How can I fix this?
Drink a lot of water and eat juicy fruits and vegetables, and i hope you become well soon.
I always have a dry mouth and I always feel thirsty. Its alright during the day cos I can just drink water but every morning I wake up my mouth is parched, soso dry :/ What can I do to stop it
Drink more… if you’re asleep you can’t really drink but if you wake up in the night have some water by your bed to sip. Keep bottles of water constantly with you throughout the day, don’t drink big drinks just take a mouthful or two every few minutes. You should go through about 1 litre at least, this will keep you hydrated – but the dryness in your mouth in the morning may just be that you sleep with your mouth open or something, not much you can do about that.
I’m on a lot of required medication that, when combined, causes the worst dry/cotton mouth imaginable. Water doesn’t work completely to lessen it, but when I started drinking gatorade it’s really helped a lot in keeping it at bay. Is this an acceptable habit? Calorie-wise, I try to get the calorie-free gatorade, but I know that there is still sugar in these drinks. Any ideas what else might help with the dry mouth as much as gatorade does?
More calorie intake just means you should exercise more. If you found something that helps then keep at it. Dry mouth (when it’s really bad) is hard to treat. There are also OTC saliva substitutes you could try. The gatorade is probably helping because of the electrolytes, talk to a pharmacists about electrolyte powders you can mix with water to keep your sugar intake down and about the saliva substitutes to try out. You can also try drinking sage tea (you can make your own if you can’t find it), this is what we use in the hospital for patients with dry mouth.
Here for the past year or so, I constantly have a dry mouth and I always feel thirsty. My lips stay chapped no matter what I put on them, they remain chapped and dry. My hands are always as cold as ice, is this signs of a disease or is it normal?
according to webMD you could have diabetes dehydration raynaud phenomenon cold exposure or diabetic ketoacidosis(this one means its hospital time)
I wake up every morning and my mouth is so dry! Sometimes it even bleeds because its so dry.
You can try drinking water before you go to bed, and every time you get up to go to the bathroom. Keeping water by the bedside is a good idea too, and what is probably happening is you are a mouth sleeper, meaning you sleep with your mouth open and you most likely snore. You may want to get checked for sleep apnea, or try sleeping on your side or stomach with a pillow designed for that kind of sleep to support your head.
Do you know that feeling where you drink alcohol the night before, and then you wake up in the morning, even after brushing your teeth, your mouth is INCREDIBLY dry?
Well, when i don’t drink alcohol, it’s still like that.
I know i breathe through my mouth, but i drink half a litre of water during the night, lol.
I just dont know if its something like my toothpaste, or something else?
you’re dehydrated, I had the same problem with breathing with my mouth, there was a layer of extra skin in my nose therefore blocked my breathing so I breathed my mouth so I had surgery to remove it and yeah!! Drink LOTS of water, and if you feel faint well you might be dehydrated.
Like, why am I experiencing dry mouth as a result of inhaling THC into my lungs?
Recent research suggests that various compounds in cannabis actively impede the production of saliva. It’s not a sign of dehydration, simply a (mostly) harmless physiological response. Since this is due not to the heat caused by smoking cannabis, but is rather a physiological response to the compounds in marijuana, the method of ingestion doesn’t make a difference.
There’s also a long answer on the website if you want to look into it