Not sure if this is the correct place to post this. But for the past 6 weeks I've been dealing with severe dry mouth. As in NO saliva at all, zip, zero, nada. I've been to emergency rooms, doctors, ENT, etc. Taken several types of antibiotics, liquid medicines, bloodwork done, it goes on and on. No diabetes, no pre-diabetes, healthy kidneys, heart, all is well they say. No infections or a virus so the antibiotics are basically a shot in the dark that the doctors hoped might work. The doctors all say I have parotitis. The parotid glands which produce saliva are in the cheek under the ears. Mine are very swollen and hard as can be. Looks like I have chipmunk cheeks. Dry mouth is causing swollen tonsils, many canker sores, swollen taste buds, cracked and bleeding tongue. It's become a serious pain in the.... mouth. I've bought special dry mouth gum, mouthwash, lozenges, sprays, and capsules. Nothing works very well if at all. I'm just about ready to try anything. Doctors don't seem concerned and say there isn't much that can be done and I should just drink more water. I rarely drink tea or soda.
Anybody else deal with this before? I've heard that people with diabetes can have complications with dry mouth. Doctors say dry mouth is common and not serious or life threatening. Sipping water every 5 minutes has become annoying. I'm a construction forman and work outside all day and I'm not sure how it'll work out when summer rolls around.
Anybody else deal with this before? I've heard that people with diabetes can have complications with dry mouth. Doctors say dry mouth is common and not serious or life threatening. Sipping water every 5 minutes has become annoying. I'm a construction forman and work outside all day and I'm not sure how it'll work out when summer rolls around.
