Bitter

Introduction The bitterness of the mouth means that there is bitterness in the mouth. Healthy people usually feel refreshed and comfortable in the mouth. They only wake up at night or have a slight bitterness or a sore feeling in the mouth after a morning. The bitterness mentioned here refers to the feeling that there is no obvious bitter bitterness in the mouth due to dietary factors. Oral bitterness is a common symptom in the clinic. It is often felt that there is a bitter taste in the mouth. Even if you increase your brushing, mouthwashing, and drinking more water, you can't improve this symptom.

Cause

1. Mental suffering, modern work and life pressure, let a large number of people have long-term work stress, irregular life, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, etc., causing bitterness. Excessive smoking, alcoholism, snoring, mouth-opening, etc. are also prone to dry mouth and bitterness.

2, oral inflammation, if there are gingivitis, bleeding gums and other oral diseases, is a common cause of bitterness.

3, stomach heat mouth bitter, esophagitis, chronic gastritis, due to poor gastric motility, the presence of bile reflux, accompanied by heartburn and other symptoms, may also cause bitterness. If the diet is not proper, the gastrointestinal function is sluggish, and the food that is eaten stays in the gastrointestinal tract for too long, which is prone to damp heat and can cause bitterness. Eating too much spicy food can also cause bitterness.

4, some chronic diseases, diabetes often accompanied by bitterness. In addition, cancer patients with elevated sweetness valves, bitterness valves are reduced, and the mouth will feel bitter, and should be vigilant.

5, liver and gallbladder disease, morning up as bitter, mostly due to damp heat. Liver and gallbladder dampness and bitterness may be caused by inflammation in the liver and gallbladder. When the liver or gallbladder is inflamed, bile excretion causes pain in the mouth.

an examination

Related inspection

Oral endoscopic oral X-ray examination

1, self-feeling bitter throat, upset, headache, fever, cold, and reduced food intake.

2, self-observation of thin yellow tongue coating, pale red tongue, strong pulse floating string, yellow urine.

Differential diagnosis

Identification of abnormal taste: mouth bitterness is heat of liver and gallbladder, mouth acid has rot smell for gastrointestinal stagnation, bad breath is stomach fire, mouth is weak for stomach, or deficiency syndrome, mouth sweet is spleen with damp heat, mouth is salty Kidney deficiency.

Acute inflammation, mainly liver and gallbladder inflammation, which is often associated with the metabolism of bile. Mouth pain can also be seen in cancer. The American medical scientist Dr. Devis also found that cancer patients lose their taste for sweet foods, and the feeling of suffering from food is increasing day by day, which is related to the blood circulation disorder of the tongue and the changes in the composition of saliva.

Chinese medicine believes that people with mouth pain often have headache, dizziness, red eyes, redness, irritability, dry stool, reddish tongue, thin yellow fur, pulse string and other symptoms, mostly caused by liver and gallbladder. Those who suffer from bitterness often have cold and heat exchanges, upset and vomiting, chest ribs, fullness, silentness, urinary redness and other symptoms, mostly caused by steaming on the bile.

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