The phenomenon of waking up in the morning with a sticky mouth may be physiological reasons, but also may be pathological reasons, such as viral colds, burning mouth syndrome.
1. Physiological reasons: due to the body before going to bed insufficient water or excessive intake of spicy, stimulating food and lead to reduced secretion of the salivary glands, which may wake up in the morning the phenomenon of sticky mouth.
2. Pathologic causes:
(1) viral colds: upper respiratory tract diseases caused by viral infections, may appear fever, dry mouth and cough and other clinical symptoms, due to rapid reproduction of the virus or taking certain medications that lead to reduced secretion of the salivary glands, which may appear in the morning waking up with a sticky mouth phenomenon.
(2) burning mouth syndrome: no specific clinical cause, can be manifested as the oral mucosa or tongue burning-like pain, but also can appear in the morning waking up sticky mouth phenomenon.
Wake up in the morning sticky mouth is also seen in other reasons, it is recommended to identify the cause and actively cooperate with the doctor treatment.