Contents:
- Medical Video: Dry Mouth - Causes, Symptoms, Treatments & More…
- 1. Dental condition
- 2. Gastric acid
- 3. Hormones
- 4. Lack of vitamin levels
- 5. Medication
Medical Video: Dry Mouth - Causes, Symptoms, Treatments & More…
Have you ever felt your mouth feel bitter but you're not sick? Some people in this world do have greater bitter sensitivity than others. The reason is because they can feel bitter compounds called phenylthiocarbamide or PTC. As a result they are very sensitive to bitter taste. People born with this condition are 1 to 10,000, are you included?
Before you are sure, find out the cause of the bitter taste in your mouth first. If you already know the cause of bitter mouth, you can find a solution.
1. Dental condition
Are you the type of person who always keeps your teeth clean? If not, maybe this is the reason. A person who does not regularly brush his teeth means that he has accumulated bacteria and germs in his mouth. One thing you need to know is that the oral cavity is a sterile, warm and moist incubator that contains nutritional substances that are good for microbial growth.
Of course not only good microbes but also microorganisms that can cause bad breath. Imagine if you don't brush your teeth regularly, then bacteria and germs can gather in your mouth and this is what causes your mouth to feel bitter. Especially if your teeth are hollow.
2. Gastric acid
Mouth feels bitter is also closely related to nausea and vomiting (reflux). This condition usually occurs because it is triggered by rising stomach acid or commonly referred to as gastro-eshophageal reflux disease (GERD). The main causes of gastric acid reflux are excessive food consumption, consumption of spicy foods, inappropriate food consumption at times and stress factors. Gastric acid is also usually accompanied by a mouth that smells bad.
3. Hormones
This usually occurs in a woman especially when she is pregnant. Increased or decreased levels of the hormone estrogen that is not balanced is the cause of changes in the taste of the mouth that turns bitter. This also usually occurs in women who are experiencing menstrual cycles.
In pregnant women, morning sickness most likely to be the cause. Morning sickness is a condition where a woman's body is still adjusting to changes in her body. Usually pregnant women will experience nausea and vomiting as symptoms morning sickness. The rest of the vomit that will gather in the mouth and collect bacteria that causes the mouth to feel bitter, aggravated by dehydration that occurs in pregnant women.
4. Lack of vitamin levels
Vitamins are very necessary for the body, in addition to maintaining health, vitamins are also needed by all organs and structures of the body to carry out their respective functions. Lack of intake of vitamins B-12 and Zinc will cause the mouth to smell unpleasant and cause the taste to turn bitter.
5. Medication
If you are taking certain drugs, chances are that this is the reason your mouth feels very bitter. Certain medications at first cause the mouth to feel dry, this affects the taste you feel in your mouth. Usually the bitter taste is more dominant because of the effects of certain drugs you drink.
