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Dry mouth at night

vespa

vespa

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Hello all,

Since I have been diagnosed 3 weeks ago, I noticed that I now have a dry mouth at night, I keep a cup of water near my bed and I also get up in the middle of the night to pee, it only once in the night and I don't need to pee again.

Anything I can do to resolve this ? Thanks
 
Hi, I'm newly diagnosed too so I'm no expert. I suffered from extreme thirst prior to my diagnosis but it seems to be better now. My BG has come down a lot so I'm assuming this is why the symptoms have started to improve. Are your glucose levels still quite high? Perhaps as you stabilise you'll notice an improvement like I did. I'm sure someone with much more knowledge will be along shortly! I hope you get sorted.
 
Hi , i had a terrible dry mouth about a month before i was diagnosed (approx 4 months ago) i also had dry eyes and dry nose it seems to have calmed down a lot since i started low carbing i still have a dry mouth at night but the dry eyes have more or less cleared up i dont have to use the visco tears every night prob only once or twice a week and the nose is ok if i use a bit of vaseline but the mouth i really dont know what to do with i was thinking its because i cant breath through my nose it makes it worse , i do get up once in the night for the loo but have always done it so its not an issue for me , however these are the only symptoms i have ever had ,i dont get the bad thirst or tiredness that a lot of other poeple get, i hope someone posts with advice for the dry mouth
 
I'm terrible right now with dryness and getting up in the night three to four times is making me so depressed.

I have been told that thrush in the mouth is quite common and is what causes the dryness then what feels like bogey lumps in the back of the throat in the morning. (Sorry for graphic details)

I was 26 stone now I'm down to 19.2 in 6 months but my average bs level is 12.

I suffer with diabetic thrush downstairs. It's treated everyday and obviously I keep clean but I'm now finding that my sex life is suffering. It hurts and stings, I'm so conscious about infecting my partner and my confidence is shot to peices?!?! Anyone else like this?
 
I had exactly the same thing but as my BG lowered, so did the symptoms. Not sure what your readings are so may not be the answer but certainly worked for me. Hope you get this sorted soon. Not nice waking up with tacky mouth !


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In my own case a dry mouth and thirst is usually always caused by high blood sugar. Watch what you eat in evenings to keep it down or take insulin an hour or two before bedtime. Only my personal experience but may help.
 
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