Yesterday my lips were burning and my mouth was dry. Today it still is and I’m afraid after having diabetes for 40 years it has damaged my salivary glands. I am doing my best at controlling my blood sugars. Does anyone know of any remedies to relieve the dryness?
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It may be diabetes related. There is nerve damage more than the sensory nerves in feet and hands. The autonomic nerve system can be damaged affecting among other things sweat, lubricating and salivary glands. This accounts for dry skin and mouth.
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ACT Dry Mouth Lozenges. And drinking plenty of water.
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Toothpaste formulated for dry mouth (no surfactant). Higher fluoride and requires a prescription.
Dry mouth is a frequent side effect of medications other than insulin. What else are you taking?
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I have just started on Lacosimide for 3 weeks. That is the only new drug that was introduced. I am also taking domperidone for digestion. I am assuming that my vagus nerve stopped my saliva from producing. The autonomic functions in the body. I searched the side effects from it and it was not one of the major side effects.
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I had a parotid saliva tumor removed when I was 26. Just 5 years after type 1. However it’s a known thing that Cancer and type 1 stem from the Same thing, a somewhat misdirected immune system.
Somehow even with only one parotid gland, I do not have dry mouth. After my surgery, I did suffer dry mouth.
I began using sugar free sour candy. And it really helped a lot.
Possibly I trained my existing saliva glands to produce more. But that is only speculation. Of course sugar free candies like that cause other issues like chronic diarrhea, so just don’t over do it.
I no longer use any artificial sweeteners.
It took me about a year to get off them, and I like the taste of food better this way
I really only stopped when I added up how much of these chemicals, I was consuming and figured it can’t be a good thing
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This happened to someone I know after a stroke. She drinks pepsi all day long and pretty much only eats salads. Her taste buds also changed. She freaks out if she doesn’t have a pepsi next to her.
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I am pretty sure it is from the Lacosimide that I just started taking. I’ve been on it for 3 weeks. This dry mouth started on Saturday the 5th. My doctor is trying my on a new anticonvulsant. I am already taking Dilantin and I’ve been on it since I was 12 y/o. That pill will also cause dry mouth but since I have started on this new pill I won’t be reducing the Dilantin until the 13th. I am using the Xylimelts and it is helping to stimulate my own saliva. I also spoke with some people on Reddit who had the same thing. They say after you’ve been on it for a while your body gets more adjusted to it.
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The salivary glands in the back of my mouth don’t seem to work much, and haven’t for a while, way before I got T1D, perhaps due to two doses of radioactive iodine for thyroid oblation (for Grave’s disease). No regrets there–I still would choose that over surgery. Anyway, I use ACT Dry Mouth alcohol-free mouthwash at night, I keep a glass of water by my bed and in the kitchen (for when I check my blood sugar–I do finger sticks), and I chew a lot of sugar-free gum. I drink a fair amount of water throughout the day as well–just cuz I like too, it helps quell the dry feeling. Anyway no great solutions, but that’s what I do. I also use lip balm for dry lips, but some people think using it makes things worse. Dunno, I use it though and like it and am fine with it. Good luck.
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The dry mouth comes and goes. Right now I am being weened off one med and being put on another. Since this new medication I noticed the dry mouth. I never had this before.
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