Thirsty

Introduction The thirst of the mouth is unbearable and the performance is mainly thirsty. If you want to drink water, the symptoms will improve slightly after drinking, but soon you will be thirsty. Pay attention to the dry mouth performance caused by stomatitis, diabetes and other reasons.

Cause

Chinese medicine believes that thirst and thirst is caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency, and Jin is not upheld, or caused by heat and stagnation, and burning and boiling fluid.

1. The lack of water in the human body leads to thirst. When the weather is hot, heavy physical labor, blood loss, burns, vomiting, diarrhea, and sweating due to high temperature (heatstroke), people will feel thirsty.

2, due to diabetes caused by thirst, one of the role of hormones is to coordinate the metabolism of water and salt in the human body. Once the balance of this hormone is destroyed, it can cause frequent thirst.

3, thirst caused by brain damage, some people will be thirsty after brain injury or neurosurgery.

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1. Have thirst and drink more, should be alert to the occurrence of diabetic ketosis, early symptoms of ketosis often have more urine, thirst, more drink, fatigue and so on. The ketone body, blood sugar and blood ketone body should be checked in time, except for ketoacidosis. If you suspect diabetes, you can measure fasting blood glucose, or do glucose tolerance test to confirm the diagnosis.

2. But thirst is not necessarily diabetes, maybe stomach fire, pay attention to heat.

Differential diagnosis

The symptoms of thirst and thirst need to be distinguished from the symptoms below.

Dry syndrome

Dry mouth is one of the main symptoms of dry syndrome. Its dry mouth is often unbearable, even if the water does not leave the mouth and does not quench the thirst. The patient's saliva is reduced, the food for swallowing is very difficult, the tongue and mouth are cracked and painful, and the teeth are prone to tooth decay. About half of the patients had enlarged parotid glands, and some patients had symptoms of submandibular gland or nearby lymph nodes. Some patients had joint pain, which was more common in the elbow and knee joints. Severe cases can cause damage to the renal tubules, causing dangerous consequences such as arrhythmia. People with Sjogren's syndrome often have foreign body sensation and burning sensation in the eyes, and the nostrils are dry and easy to scar. The diagnosis of Sjogren's Syndrome is not difficult, but its dry mouth symptoms are not noticed by patients and doctors, resulting in missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis.

2. Diabetes

People with diabetes often have dry mouth and thirst. The typical symptoms of patients with clinical diabetes can be summarized as "three more and one less", namely polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria and weight loss.

Polyuria includes increased urine output and increased urination, with a total daily urine output of 3--5 liters, or even up to 10 liters.

Due to polyuria, the body loses a lot of water, so the mouth is thirsty and enjoys drinking more. The amount of drinking water is proportional to the blood sugar concentration, urine volume and the amount of sugar lost in the urine.

As an early signal of diabetes, dry mouth is often easily overlooked because other symptoms are not typical, resulting in a good opportunity for early treatment.

The diagnosis of diabetes is relatively easy, and high blood sugar is the main basis for the diagnosis of diabetes. As long as the fasting blood glucose and postprandial blood glucose are measured, the diabetes can be clearly identified.

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