Liver disease patients always have "bitter mouth"?

Love and be careful of the liver, pay attention not to get lost.

Many people get up in the morning and feel bitter in the mouth, and even some people have this symptom that will accompany the whole day, especially some patients with chronic liver disease.

What causes bitterness?

Taste is a subjective feeling of the person, and abnormal taste is usually a local manifestation of internal organ lesions.

Chen Yan, a physician of the Southern Song Dynasty, said in the "Three Causes and One Disease Evidence: Oral Disease Evidence": "Fukou is the gate of the capital of the body, the key to entering and leaving the glory and nourishment, the festival is slightly refreshing, and the disease will be born." Therefore, the heat is bitter, the cold is salty, the accommodation is sour, the irritability is astringent, the void is light, and the scabies are sweet. "Different clinical diseases can cause different taste changes.

How did that bitterness come about?

1. Oral diseases

For example, gingivitis, periodontitis, bleeding gums, caries, oral mucositis, dental calculus, etc. often lead to bitter mouth, especially in the morning, but also accompanied by bad breath. Incomplete brushing of teeth, failure to clean the mouth in time, and long-term accumulation of residual food debris can lead to bitter mouth. It is recommended to first visit the dentist to confirm.

2. High mental pressure

"Jingyue Quanshu Tongue": "Those who are tired of thinking and overly lusting have many evidence of bitter tongue and tasteless diet." The blame for this is not in the heart and spleen, but in the liver and kidneys, and if the heart and spleen are weak, the liver and gallbladder are overflowing into bitterness. "This kind of oral pain is caused by anxiety and irritability, anxious to catch fire, or frequent staying up late to cause indigestion and poor bile excretion, often accompanied by red face, red ears, headache, red eyes, and yellow urine." It is worth noting that the phenomenon of mental oral suffering is also relatively common. Some people are likely to suffer from bitterness due to excessive pressure at work and study, and are often angry, irritable, anxious, fearful, uneasy, insomnia, etc.

3. Hepatobiliary diseases

The Treatise on Strange Diseases says, "There is a sick mouth that suffers... The name of the disease is biliary pallets. The husband of the liver, the middle of the general also, depends on the gallbladder, the pharynx for it. This man is indecisive in his calculations, so he is timid, overflowing with anger and suffering from his mouth." The "Su Qing Zhen Theory" also says, "Liver qi fever is bitter and bitter." Bitter mouth and liver have a close relationship, because "the liver is hot, then the gall is discharged, and the mouth is bitter". The liver is the main drainage, it has the function of dredging the qi machine, secreting and excreting bile, and can regulate the spleen and stomach qi machine and emotion.

Therefore, the function of liver qi is normal, so that the qi machine can be smooth and the body can operate normally. If the function of the liver is abnormal, such as the reversal of qi, symptoms of bitter mouth will occur.

From the perspective of Western medicine, problems in the hepatobiliary system, chronic hepatitis, cholecystitis, gallstones and other diseases occur, it is easy to appear symptoms of bitter mouth.

4. Gastrointestinal problems

In particular, Helicobacter pylori infection can cause associated gastritis, in addition to chronic gastritis and esophagitis, which can cause symptoms of bile reflux due to poor motivation. Patients with insufficient gastrointestinal motility often experience constipation, and patients with constipation often complain of bitter mouth due to unobstructed stools.

Many people have irregular daily meals, and love to eat spicy and irritating, fried food, which can easily lead to heat accumulation in the stomach, indigestion, flatulence, gastroesophageal reflux, resulting in bitter mouth symptoms, and may also be accompanied by symptoms of heartburn;

5. Adverse drug reactions

Some medications can also cause bitter mouth symptoms.

6, diabetics

Diabetic friends often suffer from bitter mouth, the main reason is that most patients have gastroparesis, resulting in insufficient gastric motility. Especially after too much spicy food and other improper diet, food stays in the gastrointestinal tract for a long time, resulting in bitter mouth.

7. Tumor patients

A small number of cancer patients due to tongue blood circulation disorders and changes in saliva composition, the feeling of sweet food is reduced, the feeling of bitter food is extremely sensitive, and the mouth is also bitter, which needs attention.

8. Cold

External sensation of wind and cold evil gasification heat into the Shaoyang Bile Meridian, often causing symptoms such as bitter mouth. The Treatise on Typhoid Fever says that "Shaoyang is sick, bitter in mouth, dry throat, dizzy, upset, and vomiting."

What should I do?

1. If there is bitter mouth, first consider diet, mental factors and local oral hygiene.

Diet should avoid spicy, fried, barbecued, anti-excessive tobacco and alcohol, mainly a light diet, keep a peaceful mind, and feel comfortable. Studies have shown that introverted and indecisive friends are the most prone to bitter mouths, so it is most critical to keep a happy mood.

Morning and evening to clean the mouth carefully, keep the mouth clean can greatly reduce the chance of mouth pain, in addition to the meal logistics with mouthwash or light salt water gargling can also reduce the breeding of bacteria and effectively alleviate the discomfort of bitter mouth. If there is a serious oral disease, you should go to the dentistry department as soon as possible for examination and treatment.

2, life and rest should be regular, do not stay up late and overwork, but also need to insist on participating in physical exercise, which can promote digestion and improve the symptoms of bitter mouth. Staying up too much late leads to inflammation caused by false fire and causes bitterness. You can drink it with mai dong, goji berries, and chrysanthemum flowers. Those who stay up late for a long time can take Liuwei Dihuang Pills.

3. Oral pain persists, accompanied by abdominal pain, bloating, fever, weight loss, obvious fatigue and fatigue and other symptoms, should go to the hospital for treatment, the doctor will be based on the accompanying symptoms combined with further examination to clarify the cause, targeted treatment.