rickmcmahan
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- Jul 14, 2006
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- PALS
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- batesville
Hello,
I have been suffeing with this dry mouth for a few months, but it is getting worse now. Can you imagine putting you finger on the roof of your mouth and it feeling like a dry sheet of sand paper? Also my tongue feels like a block of very course sand stone. Even some my gums are as dry as can be on the upper inside of my mouth. No, I am not on any medication except Lexapro 10 mg / day. Even that muscle flap that hangs down in the back of my mouth is bone dry on the front side! Every day I wind up peeling off a small portion of either dead skin or dried out crud that tends to start curling up. Not sure which it is. I cannot swallow anything any more and I know that is a big cause. My tongue is dead, useless. I cannot spray water or other stuff in my mouth cause I will wind up trying to cough it out of my lungs. Due to my jaw/lip muscle weakness I wind up breathing through my mouth a lot of the time. Now I am not crazy on this experiment, but I have wound up taping my lips together at night with masking tape to keep my mouth closed to make me breathe through my nose. It has not solved the problem, but has helped a little. Any suggestions out there that you can share with me? HELP!
I also have been fighting the phlegm (crud) which collects in my throat. I use a suction machine for some of it, but I wind up dragging it out of my throat with my finger. That aint fun! Any suggestions on fighting the crud?
Thanks for your help. Hope you have a great day.
Rick
I have been suffeing with this dry mouth for a few months, but it is getting worse now. Can you imagine putting you finger on the roof of your mouth and it feeling like a dry sheet of sand paper? Also my tongue feels like a block of very course sand stone. Even some my gums are as dry as can be on the upper inside of my mouth. No, I am not on any medication except Lexapro 10 mg / day. Even that muscle flap that hangs down in the back of my mouth is bone dry on the front side! Every day I wind up peeling off a small portion of either dead skin or dried out crud that tends to start curling up. Not sure which it is. I cannot swallow anything any more and I know that is a big cause. My tongue is dead, useless. I cannot spray water or other stuff in my mouth cause I will wind up trying to cough it out of my lungs. Due to my jaw/lip muscle weakness I wind up breathing through my mouth a lot of the time. Now I am not crazy on this experiment, but I have wound up taping my lips together at night with masking tape to keep my mouth closed to make me breathe through my nose. It has not solved the problem, but has helped a little. Any suggestions out there that you can share with me? HELP!
I also have been fighting the phlegm (crud) which collects in my throat. I use a suction machine for some of it, but I wind up dragging it out of my throat with my finger. That aint fun! Any suggestions on fighting the crud?
Thanks for your help. Hope you have a great day.
Rick