Learn About Dry Mouth - Xerostomia Continued...
Non Oral Symptoms of dry mouth:
- dry throat
- dry nose
- changes in sense of smell
- heartburn
- dry or burning eyes
- constipation
- dry skin/scalp
- vaginal itching, dryness, history of fungal infections
- breathes through the mouth
Clinical Signs and Complications of dry mouth
Depending on the cause of dry mouth, the following signs and complications vary form mild to severe:
- mucositis (inflammation of the lining of the mouth)
- difficulty wearing dentures
- candidiasis (fungal infection) especially on the tongue and palate
- dental caries (decay): increase in prevalence, located at the sites generally not susceptible to decay
- thicker, more stringy, whole saliva
- difficulty with milking saliva from the ducts of the major salivary glands
- loss of moist, glistening of the oral mucosa
- dryness of oral mucous membranes
- oral mucosa appears thin and pale
- fissuring and lobulation, dorsum of the tongue
- angular cheilitis (cracking of the corners of the mouth)
- gingivitis
- cracked, bleeding gums
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