Recently, Ms. Wu in Hunan has a little trouble with sleep. It turned out that she had slept until early in the morning, and now she was starting to wake up easily. In the middle of the night, I was awakened by my own thirst, and I had to get up and drink some water.
During the day, no matter how much water you drink in advance, this situation is easy to occur when you go to bed at night. When I get thirsty, it's hard to bear it. Frequently get up at night, drink water, and sleep well on anyone.
At first, Ms. Wu thought that she had eaten salty dinner and was prone to thirst. But later she found that no matter how she adjusted her diet, she could not change her dry mouth, thirst and heat in the middle of the night. The husband who was sleeping soundly listened to her and casually said: It will not be menopause.
Ms. Wu thought: Hmm! Maybe I'm old. It was always three more thirsty in the middle of the night and wanted to drink water. Such a correspondence, their own lack of strength during the day and afraid of heat, may be menopausal reaction!
Ms. Wu, who found the reason, told her sisters who wanted to be good, and they exchanged some menopause treatment experience. And that's how it was.
Long-term dry mouth and dry eyes, doctor: you have hyperthyroidism!
It is said that menopausal women are not in good health, and Ms. Wu can now be regarded as experiencing it. But this is not a serious illness, you have to go to the hospital for treatment or something. Bear with me and just get through it.
In this way, Ms. Wu lived for a long time of thirst and slept badly in the middle of the night, and the whole person was sleepy and looked very unenergetic.
On this day, Ms. Wu participated in the annual physical examination. Unlike other women her age, she was left alone by the medical examiner and suggested that she go for a professional examination.
With doubts, Ms. Wu went to the hospital to check six items of Jia Gong, and the electrocardiogram and abdominal color ultrasound did not fall. The doctor noticed that she said that she had a long-term dry mouth and dry eyes but nocturia, and asked her to check the four items of rheumatism, immunoglobulin complement and so on.
Ms. Wu,who has done a lot of projects, has gradually worn out her patience, her body is not painful or itchy, and she has done so many examinations, it will not be the hospital that is cheating money! Just when she wanted to talk about it, the doctor told her: I was diagnosed.
"According to the laboratory report, it is considered not to be Sögren's syndrome, it should be hyperthyroidism."
Hear that? Ms. Wu did not react at once. Isn't it menopause yourself, a little thirsty to sleep at night and love to drink water? How did it become hyperthyroidism?
It turns out that long-term dry mouth and tongue may not be a lack of water in the body, but a harbinger of disease!
Omens of 4 diseases: dry mouth and tongue, non-stop drinking
01 Sjogren's syndrome
First of all, let's take a look at the major disease that the doctor first ruled out for Ms. Wu--- Sjögren syndrome. What is this disease? What does water shortage mean? Is it good to drink more water?
In fact, this is a disease with abnormal immune function. The symptoms are very similar to Ms. Wu's performance, that is, long-term dry eyes and dry throat thirst.
Its essence is precisely because of abnormal immune function, lacrimal glands, salivary glands and other dysfunctional, which is the emergence of such symptoms. This is not a problem that can be solved by drinking more water. There is a problem with immune function, and it is not treated in time in the later stage, and it can even affect people's normal eating.
02 Hyperthyroidism
Hyperthyroidism, which was ignored by Ms. Wu, is another major disease.
One of the major manifestations of hyperthyroidism is that people's metabolism is accelerated, and the sympathetic nervous system is very excited. Such people can also experience severe water loss.
A lot of water loss, the price is naturally easy to feel thirsty. You think you're salty and want to drink water? In fact, it may be the disease at work.
And patients will also be prone to elevated body temperature, heat intolerance, sweating. Even if you sleep at night, the symptoms will be very obvious.
03 Diabetes
When it comes to "three more and one less", many people are very familiar with it. But compared with the above diseases, diabetics not only drink more, but also urinate more.
This is due to the osmotic diuresis caused by high blood sugar, which forms a vicious circle, and the symptoms are more prominent.
Ms. Wu has long felt dry mouth and wants to drink water. After being awakened by thirst in the middle of the night, the amount of urine did not increase significantly.
04 Liver disease
If a person's liver has a related disease, it is likely that the symptoms will be abnormal dryness.
However, compared with several other diseases, patients may have a pronounced appearance of bitter mouth. This kind of mouth is bitter, and it cannot be well alleviated by drinking water.
This is due to abnormal metabolism in the body after the liver accumulates a large number of toxins.
How to distinguish whether dryness is drinking less water or a special disease?
First of all, you have to see if you have a guaranteed daily water intake.
For an average adult, at least 1.5 litres of water must be guaranteed. And when you can't feel thirsty, you go to drink water.
Our human body does not only lose water through urination, but also loses moisture by breathing and skin evaporation. Usually, it is important to ensure adequate water intake. Thirst is also not the only indicator of water scarcity.
In addition, you have to see if adjusting your light diet can improve your dryness.
If you make adjustments, the abnormally dry condition of the body does not improve. At the same time, it may be accompanied by other uncomfortable symptoms, so don't be careless. Get checked by the hospital to see if it is caused by pathological reasons!
Dr.X said
Many people do not expect that long-term dry eyes and dry mouth are also diseases. Although doctors like to say drink more water, in the face of special diseases, drinking water is not a solution. Identifying the cause and targeting treatment can prevent subsequent and larger health problems as soon as possible.