Some people drool when they sleep, which is not a good habit in fact, but also indicates that it may be caused by some kind of illness. So why does sleep drool? How is sleeping drool to return a responsibility? Let's follow Xiaobian to have a look.
What's the matter with sleeping and drooling
It's usually caused by sleeping posture, but it's also caused by some oral diseases.
1. Inflammation in the mouth also promotes saliva production. If the mouth is infected by bacteria, the pain is obvious, and it is easy to drool. Local medication is needed to promote ulcer healing, and drooling will disappear automatically.
2. It could be a bad sleeping position. Like lying on the table, sleeping in the side position, it is easy to cause drooling.
3. Tooth deformity is the third cause of drooling during sleep. Especially in the patients with convex tooth deformity, the front teeth protrude forward obviously, often with open lips and exposed teeth. It is difficult for the lips to cover the front teeth completely when sleeping, and the upper and lower lips often separate naturally, so it is easy to drool. It is better for such patients to correct their teeth as soon as possible.
4. When sleeping, drooling may be caused by improper sleeping posture, such as lying on the table, sleeping in the side position, etc. In this case, you only need to adjust your sleeping posture properly to reduce drooling.
5. The temperature and humidity in the mouth are most suitable for the propagation of bacteria, the accumulation of food residues or sugars on the teeth and crevices, and the occurrence of caries and periodontal diseases. These undesirable factors have stimulation, can cause when sleeping to drool. When sleeping, drooling, salty, pillow towel is light yellow, probably due to poor oral health.
6. If there is ulcer in the mouth, the stimulation of pain will promote saliva secretion and induce salivation. At this time, it can be used to promote ulcer healing, and drooling will disappear automatically.
What's the reason for drooling in sleep
Generally, there is no problem. If the problem is serious, we should consider whether it is a physical disease.
1. Weak spleen and stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the main reason for the opening of the spleen muscle in the mouth and the drooling of adults sleeping at night is due to spleen deficiency, which is commonly known as spleen stomach weakness.
2. Arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis can lead to cerebral and muscle ischemia, hypoxia, resulting in facial muscle relaxation; in addition, the elderly swallowing ability is weakened, resulting in sleep drooling. If the elderly often drool when sleeping, although there is no such symptoms as crooked mouth angle and lax closure of eyes, they should also go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.
3. Oral inflammation. The oral cavity does not pay attention to health, an inadvertent cause of oral inflammation, and oral inflammation will promote saliva secretion, causing oral pain and salivation. In general, after the treatment of inflammation, drooling will disappear.
4. There are many reasons for this situation, and men are also prone to sleep drool, mainly due to the problem of men's diet, unbalanced diet, excessive leisure at the same time, or the weakening of human spleen and stomach movement function caused by long-term illness, water retention, spleen and stomach dampness and heat, or the decrease of food stored in the stomach, and the steaming of stomach heat, that is, the so-called "stomach discord leads to restlessness".
How to treat sleeping drool
1. Before going to bed, it's better not to eat. At the same time, you should brush your teeth or rinse your mouth, and clean your mouth with thread pressing tools. It's recommended that you rinse your mouth with mouthwash for one or two minutes after brushing your teeth at night, to ensure that your mouth doesn't taste sweet, salty, etc.
2. It is possible that there are some problems with the spleen function. You can try to eat some traditional Chinese medicine or food with spleen strengthening function, such as lotus seeds, corn, red dates, yams, honey, etc. it is recommended that lotus seeds and red dates rice porridge have good spleen strengthening effect.
3. The mandibular device is an oral appliance. This is what you put in your mouth, such as a mask, to make you sleep more comfortable, reduce saliva and snoring. These devices can be purchased online or in some professional surgical supplies stores.
4. In some cases doctors recommend removing the salivary glands. People who need to get rid of their salivary glands often have underlying neurological problems, which are much more serious than drooling during sleep. These surgeries are usually successful in curbing hyperactivity, but those who consider such symptoms will be advised to try other treatments first.