大家好，我是菲帝纳斯今天我们一起谈谈关于流口水这件事

“丢死人了，我最近老是睡觉的时候流口水，一起床发现枕头跟被子都是湿湿的，因为这事我还被老伴被取笑了！”

"I lost my life. Recently, I always drool when I sleep. When I got up, I found that the pillow and quilt were wet, because my wife made fun of me!"

老杨一大早和几位老友约在一起喝早茶，一边喝着普洱一遍抱怨到。

Lao Yang made an appointment with some old friends to have morning tea early in the morning, and complained over and over while drinking Pu'er.

“你也开始流口水了？其实我从去年就开始了，我也没想到这么大年纪了，睡觉还会流口水……”老友附和道。

"You started drooling too? In fact, I've been drooling since last year. I didn't expect that I would drool when I was so old..." the old friend agreed.

“说起来，我前几天看到一篇新闻，有个人睡觉经常流口水，结果到医院检查竟然是帕金森！你们有空也去检查一下吧，图个安心。”

"To tell you the truth, I read a news a few days ago that a man often drooled in his sleep, but it turned out to be Parkinson's when he went to the hospital for examination! You can also go to the hospital for examination when you have time to feel relieved."

两人瞬间有些不安，自己平时坚持锻炼，饮食还养生，不会真的患上帕金森了吧。幸好两人经过详细的检查后发现，他们之所以出现流口水的现象，只是因为年纪大了，生理机能退化，面部和嘴部的肌张力减退，才导致症状的出现。

The two of them felt a little uneasy at the moment. They insisted on exercising and eating healthy at ordinary times, so they would not really suffer from Parkinson's disease. Fortunately, after a detailed examination, the two found that the reason why they drooled was that they were old, their physiological functions deteriorated, and the muscle tension of their face and mouth decreased, which led to the appearance of symptoms.

“睡觉流口水”的情况其实十分常见，有时候起床摸到枕头湿漉漉的，甚至散发着一股隐隐约约的口臭味，只觉得尴尬无比……那如果经常出现流口水的现象，到底暗示了什么？

In fact, "drooling in sleep" is very common. Sometimes when I get up, I feel the pillow is wet and even emits a faint smell of bad breath. I just feel embarrassed... What does it mean if drooling often occurs?

一、为什么口水闻起来是臭的？

1、 Why does saliva smell bad?

睡觉流口水的情况其实并不少见，而且也有很多人可能会发现，被口水沾湿的枕头被褥，总是会散发隐隐臭味，为什么口水有臭味？

In fact, drooling in sleep is not uncommon, and many people may find that pillow and quilt wetted by drool always give off a faint odor. Why does drool have a odor?

口水中的主要成分中99%都是水，气淤的1%就是钙、钠、钾以及淀粉酶等成分，口水的主要作用就是湿润口腔并软化食物，同时能够帮助溶解某些对牙齿有害的物质，实现清洁口腔的目的。

99% of the main ingredients in saliva are water, and 1% of the air stasis is calcium, sodium, potassium, amylase and other ingredients. The main role of saliva is to wet the mouth and soften food, while helping to dissolve some substances harmful to teeth, so as to achieve the purpose of cleaning the mouth.

不知道大家有没有发现，如果将口水涂抹在皮肤上的话，可以闻到一股臭味，这是为什么？

I wonder if you have found that if you smear saliva on your skin, you can smell a bad smell. Why?

不注意口腔卫生会引发口腔问题，除了会令口水夹杂臭味，同时也会引发严重的口气问题。如果进食了洋葱、大蒜等有刺激性气味的食物，其残渣就会令口水带有臭味。

Failure to pay attention to oral hygiene will lead to oral problems. In addition to making saliva stinky, it will also lead to serious breath problems. If you eat onions, garlic and other food with pungent smell, the residue will make your saliva stinky.

此外，口水发臭还应该考虑是口腔疾病所致，比如牙结石、口腔炎症，此时牙龈、牙周处就会滋生大量腐败性细菌，而细菌在代谢过程中所产生的代谢物也会混进口水内，从而导致口水出现无法言喻的气味。

In addition, it should also be considered that the bad breath is caused by oral diseases, such as dental calculus and oral inflammation. At this time, there will be a large number of putrid bacteria growing in the gums and periodontium, and the metabolites produced by the bacteria in the metabolic process will also be mixed into the saliva, resulting in an inexplicable odor of the saliva.

二、经常睡觉时流口水，小心4个问题

2、 Always drool when sleeping, be careful with 4 questions

为什么口腔会产生口水呢？我们口腔内有腮腺、舌下腺和颌下腺三大唾液腺体，口腔粘膜上方还有多个小唾液腺，正是这些唾液腺不停的分泌唾液，从而形成了可以滋润口腔的口水。

Why does the mouth produce saliva? There are three salivary glands in our mouth: parotid gland, sublingual gland and submandibular gland. There are several small salivary glands above the oral mucosa. It is these salivary glands that constantly secrete saliva, thus forming saliva that can nourish the mouth.

睡觉时若经常性流口水，可以考虑是生理情况导致的，比如面部和口腔肌肉过度萎缩松弛，就会令口水流出来。也有可能是睡觉姿势问题，比如趴着睡时人体并不会自动吞咽，口水就会顺势流出，像用嘴呼吸时也会有同样的状况。

If you often drool when sleeping, you can consider that it is caused by physiological conditions, such as excessive atrophy and relaxation of facial and oral muscles, which will cause your mouth to flow out. It may also be the problem of sleeping posture. For example, when sleeping on the stomach, the human body will not swallow automatically, and saliva will flow out smoothly. The same situation will occur when breathing with the mouth.

如果某些患者睡前服用了能抑制中枢神经的药物，也可能令交感神经兴奋而导致入睡后口水分泌量增加。

If some patients take drugs that can inhibit the central nervous system before going to bed, they may also excite the sympathetic nerve, which will lead to increased saliva secretion after falling asleep.

当然，如果排除了生理情况，那么需要警惕可能是疾病所致：

Of course, if physiological conditions are excluded, it is necessary to be aware that it may be caused by diseases:

1、脑血栓

1. Cerebral thrombosis

某些老人可能存在高血压、高血糖等慢性疾病，这些都是中风的危险因素。

Some elderly people may have chronic diseases such as hypertension and hyperglycemia, which are risk factors for stroke.

若他们在入睡后常常单侧流口水，并伴有头晕头痛乃至口角歪斜症状，尤其要警惕是脑出血、脑血栓发出的信号，这是血栓令咽喉肌肉功能失调的一个表现。

If they often have unilateral drooling after falling asleep, accompanied by dizziness, headache and even angular deviation, they should be especially alert to the signals sent by cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral thrombosis, which is a manifestation of throat muscle dysfunction caused by thrombosis.

2、口腔疾病

2. Oral diseases

口腔溃疡、蛀牙、扁桃体炎或者装有假牙等情况都会刺激口腔分泌口水，特别是入睡后吞咽动作频率降低，泛滥的口水自然就会流出来。

Oral ulcer, tooth decay, tonsillitis or false teeth will stimulate oral secretion of saliva, especially after falling asleep, swallowing frequency will be reduced, and overflowing saliva will naturally flow out.

另外，龅牙等牙齿咬合不正问题，会令嘴巴无法自然合拢，加上入睡后肌肉变的松弛，口水也会不断流出来。

In addition, buckteeth and other teeth do not bite properly, which will make the mouth unable to close naturally. In addition, the muscles become loose after falling asleep, and saliva will continue to flow out.

3、帕金森

3. Parkinson's disease

帕金森会影响脑部负责咀嚼、吞咽的区域，令患者吞咽功能减弱，加上大脑部分神经出现损害，这时帕金森患者不仅口水分泌会变多，而且无法及时咽下的口水也会频繁流出来。

Parkinson's disease will affect the regions of the brain responsible for chewing and swallowing, which will weaken the patient's swallowing function. In addition, some nerves in the brain will be damaged. At this time, Parkinson's patients will not only secrete more saliva, but also frequently flow out saliva that cannot be swallowed in time.

4、胃食管反流病

4. Gastroesophageal reflux disease

胃食管反流病发作时，胃部的食物残渣、胃酸，会反流至食管及胃以外的其他器官，而此时胃酸异常也会令口腔中口水反射性增多，从而导致睡觉时不停流口水。

During the onset of gastroesophageal reflux disease, the food residue and gastric acid in the stomach will flow back to the esophagus and other organs outside the stomach. At this time, abnormal gastric acid will also increase the reflex of saliva in the mouth, resulting in continuous drooling during sleep.

三、睡觉流口水太丢人？不妨做好3件事

3、 Is it too humiliating to drool in sleep? You can do three things well

都说小孩子才会流口水，所以成年人一旦流口水就会觉得特别的丢人，但其实并不用因此而感到窘迫，因为我们只要做好这几件事，流口水的情况也是可以得到缓解的。

It is said that children only drool, so adults will feel particularly embarrassed once they drool, but in fact, they do not need to feel embarrassed because we can alleviate drooling as long as we do these things well.

1、更换药物

1. Change medicine

某些能够抑制中枢神经的药物容易令交感神经异常兴奋，从而令大脑错误指挥口腔分泌唾液，造成流口水的情况。此时建议可以咨询医生，是否可以更换其他药物。

Some drugs that can inhibit the central nervous system are easy to excite the sympathetic nerve abnormally, thus making the brain misdirect the mouth to secrete saliva, causing drooling. At this time, it is recommended to consult the doctor to see if other drugs can be replaced.

2、改变睡觉的姿势

2. Change your sleeping posture

入睡后吞咽动作减少，趴着或者侧躺的睡姿就很容易让口水流出来，此时不妨选择平躺的睡姿，这样就可以减少流口水的频率。

After falling asleep, the swallowing action is reduced, and it is easy for the mouth to flow out when sleeping on the stomach or on the side. At this time, it is better to choose the sleeping position lying flat, so that the frequency of drooling can be reduced.

3、避免用嘴呼吸

3. Avoid breathing through the mouth

若不是鼻炎，其实平时都要养成用鼻子呼吸，而不是嘴巴呼吸的习惯，或者通过吹口等闭口练习进行训练，睡觉时能够自然而然的闭紧嘴巴，口水自然流不出来。

If it is not rhinitis, you should develop the habit of breathing with your nose instead of your mouth at ordinary times, or you should practice with mouth blowing and other mouth closing exercises, so that you can naturally close your mouth when sleeping, and saliva will not flow out naturally.

襁褓中的胎儿或者小小孩童常常流口水，但有些成年人也会有流口水的情况，这并不奇怪，也不用因此感到丢人，可能是不良睡姿、口腔疾病造成的，当然对于老年人来说，单侧流口水更要警惕是中风的信号！

Babies or small children in swaddling clothes often drool, but some adults also drool. This is not surprising, and it is not a shame. It may be caused by poor sleeping posture and oral diseases. Of course, for the elderly, unilateral drooling should be more alert to be a sign of stroke!

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