Nausea when brushing your teeth

Introduction It is caused by nausea when brushing teeth. It is considered that chronic pharyngitis is caused by chronic inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa, submucosa and lymphoid tissues. There are many causes of chronic pharyngitis, and chronic tonsillitis, gingivitis and material brushing of adjacent organs. Can cause vomiting.

Cause

The main reason for nausea is the stimulation of the pharynx by toothbrush or toothpaste, especially those who are sensitive to pharyngeal reflex or have pharyngitis recently. In addition, they unconsciously hold their breath when brushing their teeth, which increases the sensitivity of pharyngeal reflex and causes nausea. The precautionary approach is to choose the toothbrush and toothpaste that suits you, and pay attention to consciously breathing through the nose to prevent breath.

an examination

Related inspection

Ear, nose, throat swab bacterial culture fiber nasopharyngoscope

Pharyngeal culture and antibody assays. This examination can detect chronic congestion of the oropharynx and nasopharyngeal mucosa, lymphoid follicular hyperplasia of the posterior pharyngeal wall, and redness of the pharyngeal side.

Differential diagnosis

1, go to the hospital's otolaryngology, to rule out whether it is chronic pharyngitis. Smoking, air pollution, decreased body resistance, excessive fatigue, colds, chronic systemic diseases, etc., may induce pharyngitis. If it is cured for a long time, it may turn into chronic pharyngitis. The typical symptoms are early retching and itching.

2, if on the basis of brushing and vomiting, accompanied by throat redness, pantothenic acid, hernia or burning sensation of the sternum, etc., may be caused by reflux of gastric juice to stimulate the pharynx and esophagus. Need to go to the Department of Gastroenterology as soon as possible.

3. If you exclude the above two diseases, you should consider whether your brushing methods and tools are problematic. The correct method of brushing should be brushing up and down, the action should be light, the time should be long, and each tooth surface should be cleaned. The smaller the head of the toothbrush, the better. The softer the brush, the better. This can reduce irritation, reduce adverse reactions, and improve brushing.

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