{"id":402,"date":"2010-10-19T20:34:09","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T20:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterpatedds.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2010-10-19T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T20:34:09","slug":"got-dry-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/got-dry-mouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Got Dry Mouth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/camel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-404 alignleft\" style=\"border:3px solid tan;margin:3px;\" title=\"camel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/camel.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/camel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/camel-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>Dry mouth is that dry, cottony feeling you get when your salivary glands don\u2019t produce properly. Saliva is important to digestion and lubrication of oral structures.\u00a0 It also contains enzymes, electrolytes, anti-bacterial compounds, and mucus. Without the proper amount of saliva, you might experience bad breath, tooth decay, gum disease, trouble eating and talking, and general discomfort in your mouth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Often, people with dry mouth feel excessively thirsty, their saliva seems thick, and their mouths feel sticky. Dry mouth can contribute to a hoarse voice, scratchy or burning tongue, chapped lips, thrush (oral yeast infection), mouth sores, or dryness in the nose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">So what causes this irritating condition? \u00a0Factors that may affect dry mouth include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<li>Smoking      or chewing tobacco<\/li>\n<li>Drinking      too little liquid<\/li>\n<li>Drinking      alcohol or caffeine<\/li>\n<li>Mouth      breathing<\/li>\n<li>Anxiety      and stress<\/li>\n<li>Using      one of over 1,000 over-the-counter medications<\/li>\n<li>Taking      3 or more prescription drugs<\/li>\n<li>Medical      Conditions: HIV\/AIDS, anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis,      Sjorgren\u2019s Syndrome, diabetes, mumps, stroke, and others<\/li>\n<li>Radiation      and chemotherapy<\/li>\n<li>Trauma      to the mouth or throat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">If you\u2019re struggling with dry mouth, tell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Pate<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/contact.html\" target=\"_blank\">your next appointment<\/a>. He\u2019ll help you find the factors contributing to your condition, and then he can recommend ways to alleviate the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[camel] Dry mouth is that dry, cotton feeling you get when your saliva glands don\u2019t produce properly. Saliva is important to digestion and lubrication of oral structures, but it also contains enzymes, electrolytes, anti-bacterial compounds, and mucus. Without the proper amount of saliva, you might experience bad breath, trouble eating and talking, more cavities, gum disease, and general discomfort with your mouth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[135,144,145,171,567,789,993],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}