Gluten and dry mouth??

mrsroddy1228

zyxst wrote: »

I have dry mouth because I sleep with my mouth open. Do you always have dry mouth, or only certain times? If it's all the time, ask your doctor.

Yah it's all the time, unfortunately I'm going to cut out gluten and see if that helps

mrsroddy1228

samjoy wrote: »

I had this for a while, a few years back. I think for me, it was some kind of yeast overgrowth in my mouth. At the time it happened, I had also damaged my saliva glands in some way by drinking very very cold water when I was extremely thirsty one day. Its almost like I burnt my saliva glands for a while. Here's what helped me:
- Eating a lot of fruit with "water" in them - grapes, oranges etc
- Eating salads
- Avoiding cookies, cakes etc - for some reason things with a ton of sugar in them (other than fruit) made it much worse
- Not going too long between meals - eating every two hours, albeit very small portions
- THings with very little sodium in them

I know most of the above is also part of a healthy lifestyle, but this is what helped me. Eventually it went away on its own!

Wow thank you for your help! I appreciate you responding

tiptoethruthetulips

I have Sjogren's Syndrome, mostly for me its a dry mouth, some dry eye for some people it goes a lot beyond that and can be quite devastating. Sjogren's is often hard to diagnose and is often diagnosed for other things. My blood tests came back negative, however, a minor salivary gland biopsy verified that I had it.

I don't take any medication at the moment but I do use a lot of sugar free gum, biotene products and eye drops, I take every care with the teeth. Diet also plays a role, autoimmune protocol is good to follow.

Some drs believe that if Sjogren's medication should commence immediately to help slow down the progress and for those with extremely dry mouth there are drugs that help create saliva. I will look at medication when my mouth or gland tenderness/soreness gets worse.

http://sjogrensworld.org/forums/

mrsroddy1228

tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »

I have Sjogren's Syndrome, mostly for me its a dry mouth, some dry eye for some people it goes a lot beyond that and can be quite devastating. Sjogren's is often hard to diagnose and is often diagnosed for other things. My blood tests came back negative, however, a minor salivary gland biopsy verified that I had it.

I don't take any medication at the moment but I do use a lot of sugar free gum, biotene products and eye drops, I take every care with the teeth. Diet also plays a role, autoimmune protocol is good to follow.

Some drs believe that if Sjogren's medication should commence immediately to help slow down the progress and for those with extremely dry mouth there are drugs that help create saliva. I will look at medication when my mouth or gland tenderness/soreness gets worse.

http://sjogrensworld.org/forums/

Thank you for your response! I appreciate your help