Dry tongue at night may be caused by physiological factors, dry syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome and other reasons.
1. Physiological factors: If the patient’s sleeping environment temperature is too high or eat spicy and stimulating food, it may lead to the patient’s dry tongue at night, which is a normal physiological phenomenon.
2. Dry syndrome: the cause of this disease is still unclear, may be related to infection, genetic factors. Usually, patients with dry syndrome often have dry mouth, tongue pain, dry tongue and other symptoms, which can also be manifested as dry tongue at night.
3. Obstructive sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome: generally believed to be related to obesity, alcohol consumption, nasal polyps and other factors, patients often have sleep snoring, dry mouth in the morning and other symptoms, and some patients also appear to sleep at night with a dry tongue.
There are many other reasons for dry tongue at night, it is recommended that patients exclude physiological factors in time, if it is caused by pathologic factors should consult a doctor in time to avoid delaying the condition.