What are the Risk Factors of Drymouth ?

Read about Risk Factors of Drymouth Disease presented in simple easy to understand language

Risk Factors of Dry Mouth
• Medications: Medication such as beta-blockers, benzodiapines, tricyclid antidrepressants, anticholinergics, antihistamines, atropinics, and antipsychotics will decrease salivary flow creating the sensation of dry mouth.

• Cancer treatment: Cancer treatments such as Radiation therapy can damage the salivary glands permanently. And the Chemotherapy treatment will not do much harm to the salivary glands but can minimize the production of saliva, creating the sensation of dry mouth.

• Diseases: Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder which will create the dry mouth problems and also the dry eyes.

• Other conditions: Conditions such as Bone marrow transplantation, Endocrine disorders, Nutritional deficiencies, anxiety, mental stress, and depression may cause a dry mouth.

• Tobacco use: Use of tobacco will allow the growth of bacteria in your mouth and will immune system week thus causing many mouth related diseases such as dry moth.

• Diabetes: Diabetes is the major cause for many diseases. Increase in the risk of cavities, tooth loss and dry mouth are possible.

• Damage to the nerve such as trauma to the head and neck area from wounds can damage the supply of sensation to the mouth which inturn will create the problem of dry mouth.

• Products containing the alcohol such as mouthwashes, cough/cold liquids may create the problem of dry mouth.

Other Risk Factors includes the following
• Advanced Age
• Radiation exposure from cancer
• Malnutrition
• Smoking
• Sjogren’s syndrome
• Hypertension
• Mellitus
• Mouth breathing
• Taking nothing orally
• Fever