Try mashed potatoes and rice instead of crackers or breads. Choose canned fruits or applesauce instead of raw fruits. Puddings, ice cream, and sorbet are also good options. Serve foods with gravy, broths, or sauces.
Common causes of dry mouth include: Many medicines, both prescription and over-the-counter, such as antihistamines, decongestants, and medicines for conditions including high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, pain, heart disease, asthma or other respiratory conditions, and epilepsy. Dehydration.
In particular, the extra chewing forces involved with eating crunchy vegetables and fruits will trigger saliva production. These foods include carrots, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, apples, and pears. Sucking on sugarless candy or chewing sugarless gum will also increase saliva production.
It's best to avoid highly acidic foods like citrus fruits and condiments that contain vinegar. Besides damaging teeth, the acid can also worsen the mouth sores that dryness causes. Low-acid foods you can still enjoy in moderation include bananas, apples, oatmeal, and skinless chicken.
Dry mouth is a common clinical problem, and different products have been proposed to improve it. Making products such as mouthwash or lozenges using yogurt can help to reduce dry mouth.
Talk to your doctor about taking a B-complex supplement with thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, and B6. Dry mouth is an uncomfortable condition with many causes. Still, with the help of your dentist and these at-home remedies, you can learn how to manage the symptoms.
Citrus fruits are also great for stimulating saliva flow but can harm tooth enamel with their acidity, so try to neutralize the acid with milk or other dairy-rich foods. Drink plenty of water throughout the meal to keep your mouth moist and make it easier to swallow your food.
While there are certain over the counter (OTC) options for treating dry mouth, honey is a great natural way to restore moisture and hydration in the mouth. In fact, its use in xerostomia is evidence-backed by a controlled trial in head and neck cancer patients.
“If you have dry mouth and try drinking more water to fix it but it doesn't solve or cure it, it could mean there's an underlying medical issue,” Dr. Bhuyan says. The most likely medical explanation is Sjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the glands that make tears and saliva.
Try chewing sugarless gum with xylitol or sucking on lozenges. For lozenges, Dr. Hou suggests those containing slippery elm and/or marshmallow root. These herbs contain mucilage, a substance that helps to coat the tongue, mouth, and throat, and keeps moisture locked in your mouth.
Besides the obvious benefit of providing moisture and lubrication for the dehydrated mucosa, milk buffers oral acids, reduces enamel solubility, and contributes to enamel remineralization.
Experiment with different textures of foods, making them softer and easier to chew and to swallow. Some soft foods include mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, puddings, gelatins. Use your blender to puree cooked vegetables, to make soups, smoothies or milk shakes.
Only drink sugarless drinks and avoid carbonated beverages. Avoid drinks with caffeine because caffeine can dry out the mouth. Drinking coffee, tea or a diet soda occasionally is OK but don't overdo it. While eating a meal, make sure you include a beverage like water.
Vitamin D.
It is very important to consume enough vitamin D because it helps your body absorb calcium. A diet lacking or low in vitamin D will cause burning mouth syndrome. Symptoms of this condition include a burning mouth sensation, a metallic or bitter taste in the mouth, and dry mouth.
It is well known that sour and/or carbonated foods and drinks increase saliva secretion and trigger the swallowing reflex.
Davids toothpaste includes glycerin which is a humectant designed to moisten your mouth and also works to activate your saliva glands to help reduce dry mouth. Davids toothpaste also includes birch xylitol which works as a natural sweetener, but also works to stimulate natural saliva production.
Dry mouth can be a symptom of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, HIV/AIDS, salivary gland infections, diabetes, sleep apnea and Sjögren's syndrome. “Autoimmune diseases, such as Sjögren's, cause the body's immune system to attack healthy salivary glands and damage them,” Dr. Stewart said.
Frequent nighttime urination can be signs of prostate gland enlargement in men, poorly controlled diabetes, or urinary tract infection. Dry mouth may be related to dehydration or other conditions such as dry mouth syndrome. Keep track of all your symptoms. Discuss any concerning symptoms with a health care provider.
Dry mouth is a common symptom of high blood sugar in people with diabetes. Sometimes dry mouth is the first noticeable symptom of diabetes. If you have dry mouth and think you could have diabetes, talk to your healthcare provider.