Do you sleep drooling? Have you ever woken up and found a wet pillow? Is this a dream of eating something delicious or sleep too deep too fragrant?
Not really, usually normal people rarely drool, if adults have drooling in bed, it is likely to be related to the following reasons.
Saliva, a colorless, transparent, slightly cloudy liquid with foam, saliva contains mucin, from the glands below the oral mucosa or adjacent tissues, people secrete about 1.5 liters of saliva every day.
The common reasons for oral problems triggering drooling may be the unaccustomed wearing of dentures for the first time, obvious foreign body sensation, stimulating increased saliva secretion; oral diseases such as dental caries, periodontal diseases or oral mucosal diseases. For example: patients with recurrent mouth sores, herpetic stomatitis, etc., can lead to increased saliva secretion, resulting in adult drooling.
Nasal problems The nose is the body’s respiratory and olfactory organ and is very important. If there is a problem with the nose, such as the common nasal congestion caused by rhinitis, it will make us prone to breathing difficulties while sleeping, when the body will automatically choose to breathe through the mouth so that the body will open its mouth to breathe.
In this process, the mouth will also carry out the secretion of saliva, and because the mouth is open, saliva can easily flow out of the mouth, so the phenomenon of drooling will occur when sleeping.
Spleen and Stomach Disorders From the perspective of Chinese medicine, it may also be caused by the dysfunction of the spleen and stomach. Spleen and stomach disorders are characterized by dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach, and reduced movement of the spleen and stomach, which is known as “restlessness when the stomach is not in harmony”, leading to drooling in sleep.
Facial neuritis is caused by various factors such as cold, flu, herpes virus infection, etc., which leads to spasm of the blood vessels of the nerve in the face, resulting in ischemia and edema of the nerve tissue and causing facial paralysis. One side of the face may become drooling due to the loss of the elevated head line, inability to close the eyelid, cheek puffing and whistling.
Stroke aura With hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, long-term heavy smoking, drinking, staying up late, or senior age group of people at high risk of stroke, often drooling is likely to be the aura of stroke, if accompanied by dizziness, headache, crooked mouth, one side of the limb numbness, unfavorable activity and other symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital neurology department in a timely manner.
When it comes to stroke, there is a small science of the disease. Stroke, also known as stroke, is a sudden onset of cerebral blood circulation disorder. It is an acute cerebral blood circulation disorder caused by the narrowing and occlusion (ischemic stroke) or rupture (hemorrhagic stroke) of an artery in the brain due to various precipitating factors.
The following is a three-step identification method for “stroke 1-2-0”.
1 Look: asymmetry of the face, crooked mouth, inability to smile normally.
2 Check: Raise both arms, unilateral weakness, cannot lift.
0 Listen: listen to slurred speech and difficulty in expression.
Call the emergency number immediately after determining the symptoms, try to go to a hospital with thrombolytic ability, and inform the main symptoms and time of onset.
Sleeping position For many office workers, the common and convenient position for lunch break is to sleep on your stomach or on your side. Both positions, however, cause the jaw to open involuntarily and a large amount of saliva to accumulate in the corners of the mouth without triggering the swallowing action, hence the phenomenon of drooling.
According to the above reasons that may trigger drooling in sleep to determine which one you belong to it, adjust their inappropriate sleep posture, maintain oral hygiene, avoid nasal diseases, etc. If necessary, you can go to the hospital to further discern the cause of your sleep drooling.
