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How do you deal with constantly dry mouth?

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Get examined: There a a number of medical conditions and medications that can cause a constant dry mouth. It can be related to hyperventilation due to anxiety , sicca syndrome or some other autoimmune condition, or over the counter antihistamines . A good medical history, examination, and targeted blood tests would help make the diagnosis and thus lead to a recommendation on how to treat.

Answered 9/4/2014

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DRY MOUTH: Deprnds what is the cause of dry mouth.It can be due to certan medical conditions , or due to certain meds you are taking, like antohistamises.Decongestants you should check with your doctor.It can be due to medical conditions like sojgrens syndrome, hiv/aids, alzeimers disease.Diabetes, anemia etc.You can keep a water bottle with you and keep having sips of water to keep moist, there are meds u cn tk.

Answered 12/19/2014

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