How is drooling when sleeping?

When someone wakes up and finds that their pillow is soaked with saliva, drooling in sleep may be a health reminder to your body. How is drooling when sleeping? Can drooling be avoided during sleep? How can I drool when I sleep? Let’s follow Xiaobian to see what solutions there are!

What’s the matter with drooling in sleep? Let’s see why

1. Oral diseases. Drooling and salty when sleeping, and the pillow towel is light yellow, most likely due to poor oral hygiene. If there is an ulcer in the mouth, the pain will stimulate saliva secretion and induce drooling. At this time, drugs can be used to promote ulcer healing, and drooling will disappear automatically.

2. Facial neuritis or stroke. After catching cold, blowing or catching a cold on your face, you should be alert if you suddenly drool while sleeping. You can smile in the mirror. If you find that your mouth is crooked, or your eyes are not closed tightly, or you have a headache, it may be a precursor of facial neuritis or stroke. It is recommended to go to the hospital immediately for relevant examination.

3. My sleeping posture is wrong. Drooling during sleep may be caused by improper sleeping posture, such as lying on the table, sleeping in side position, etc. In this case, drooling can be reduced by properly adjusting the sleeping posture.

What are the ways to avoid or improve drooling in sleep

1. First of all, you must correct your sleeping posture. Don’t lie on the table or lean against the chair to sleep. It’s easy to drool. You should adjust to the correct sleeping posture, lie flat on the bed, or sleep slightly on the right side.

2. It’s better not to eat before going to bed. At the same time, you should brush your teeth or rinse your mouth, and clean your mouth with tools such as pressing lines. It is recommended to rinse with mouthwash for one or two minutes after brushing your teeth at night. You must ensure that your mouth does not taste sweet or salty.

3. You can try to eat some traditional Chinese medicine or food with spleen strengthening function, such as lotus seeds, corn, red dates, yam, honey, etc. we recommend lotus seeds and red dates rice porridge, which has a good spleen strengthening effect.

4. In addition, it may be diseases that cause drooling in sleep, such as periodontitis, and some neurological diseases. At this time, you must go to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible.