Do you drool while sleeping? Have you ever woken up to find your pillow wet? Is this a dream of eating something delicious or sleeping too deeply and fragrantly?
Really not, normal people usually seldom drool. If adults drool during sleep, it is likely to be related to the following reasons.
Oral problems
The so-called “saliva”, medically Also called saliva, it is a colorless, transparent, slightly turbid liquid with foam. Saliva contains mucin, which comes from the glands below the oral mucosa or adjacent tissues. People secrete about 1.5 liters of saliva every day.
The common causes of drooling caused by oral problems may be unaccustomed to wearing dentures for the first time, obvious foreign body sensation, increased saliva secretion, dental caries, periodontal diseases and other oral diseases or oral mucosal diseases. For example, recurrent aphthous ulcers, herpetic stomatitis, etc., can lead to increased salivation and drooling during sleep.
Nasal problems
The nose is the breathing and smelling organ of the human body and is very important. If there is a problem with the nose, such as nasal congestion caused by common rhinitis, it will make us prone to breathing difficulties when we sleep. At this time, the body will automatically choose to breathe through the mouth, so that the human body will open the mouth to breathe.
During this process, the mouth will also secrete saliva, and because the mouth is open, saliva can easily flow out of the mouth, so drooling occurs when sleeping.
Spleen and stomach disorders
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it may also be caused by spleen and stomach disorders. Disorder of the spleen and stomach will manifest as damp-heat in the spleen and stomach, weakening of the movement of the spleen and stomach, etc. This is the so-called “disharmony in the stomach and restlessness”, which leads to drooling during sleep.
Facial neuritis
Due to cold, cold, herpes virus infection Various factors cause vasospasm of the facial nutritive nerve, leading to nerve tissue ischemia, edema and facial paralysis. The wrinkles on the forehead disappear on one side, the eyelids cannot be closed, the cheeks cannot be puffed up, and the whistle can not be whistled, resulting in drooling on one side.
Three signs of stroke
Have high blood pressure, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, long-term heavy smoking, drinking, staying up late, etc., or the elderly For people at high risk of stroke, frequent drooling is likely to be a sign of stroke. If it is accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, headache, skewed corners of the mouth, numbness on one side of the limb, and inability to move, it is recommended to go to the hospital neurology department in time.
Speaking of stroke, there is a little popular science about the disease. Stroke, also known as stroke, is a sudden onset of cerebral blood circulation disorders. Acute cerebral blood circulation disorder is caused by stenosis and occlusion (ischemic stroke) or rupture (hemorrhagic stroke) of intracerebral arteries caused by various predisposing factors.
The following will give you a three-step identification method of “stroke 1-2-0”.
1 Look: Asymmetrical face, crooked mouth, unable to smile normally.
2 Check: Raise both arms up, unilateral weakness, unable to lift.
0 Listening: Listening to slurred speech and difficulty in expressing.
After confirming the symptoms, try to go to a hospital with thrombolytic ability, and inform the main symptoms and onset time.
Sleep position
For many office workers, a lunch break The most common position is to sleep on your stomach or on your side. But these two postures will cause the jaw to open involuntarily, and a lot of saliva will accumulate in the corners of the mouth without triggering the swallowing action, so the phenomenon of drooling occurs.
According to the above reasons that may induce sleep drooling, judge which one you belong to, adjust your inappropriate sleeping posture, maintain oral hygiene, avoid nasal diseases, etc., if necessary, you can go to the hospital to further judge yourself Causes of sleep drooling.
Author: Zhou Guoping (Beijing Electric Power Hospital)
Source: Beijing Youth Daily