Why is saliva salty

Every adult secretes about one thousand to one thousand and five milliliters of saliva every day, and saliva is one of the essential substances for human health. Normal saliva is colorless and odorless, but why is saliva salty? If your saliva is salty, you need to understand it from many aspects. One is that there is a disease in the oral cavity, and the other is to consider the cause of problems in the digestive system. Only by finding the cause in time can you effectively solve it.

Oral ulcers, commonly known as "mouth sores", are a common ulcerative injury disease that occurs in the oral mucosa. They are more common in the inner side of the lips, tongue, tongue ventral side, buccal mucosa, vestibule groove, soft palate and other parts. The mucosa in these parts lacks a keratinized layer or has poor keratinization. Tongue ulcers refer to oral ulcers that occur on the tongue and the ventral part of the tongue. When oral ulcers occur, the pain is severe and there is obvious local burning pain. In severe cases, it can affect eating and speaking, causing great inconvenience to daily life. It may be complicated by bad breath, chronic pharyngitis, constipation, headache, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, irritability, fever, swollen lymph nodes and other systemic symptoms.

Causes

The occurrence of oral ulcers is the result of the combined action of multiple factors, including local trauma, mental stress, food, drugs, malnutrition, changes in hormone levels and lack of vitamins or trace elements. Systemic diseases, genetics, immunity and microorganisms may play an important role in the occurrence and development of oral ulcers. Lack of trace elements such as zinc and iron, lack of folic acid, vitamin B12 and malnutrition can reduce immune function and increase the likelihood of oral ulcers. Bacteria such as Streptococcus sanguinis and Helicobacter pylori are also closely related to oral ulcers. Oral ulcers usually indicate that the body may have potential systemic diseases. Oral ulcers are related to gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers, ulcerative colitis, regional enteritis, hepatitis, women's menstruation, vitamin B malabsorption, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, etc.

Treatment principles

The treatment of oral ulcers is mainly to eliminate the cause, strengthen the physical fitness, and treat the symptoms. The treatment method should adhere to the combination of systemic treatment and local treatment, the combination of Chinese and Western medicine treatment, and the combination of physiological and psychological treatment. It should be noted that long-term, large and deep tongue ulcers may be a precancerous lesion that can easily become cancerous, and a biopsy should be performed to confirm the diagnosis if necessary.