The main reasons for waking up in the middle of the night with a dry and bitter mouth include: gallbladder disease, gastroesophageal reflux, periodontal disease, etc. Different causes require different medications.
1. Gallbladder disease: Suffering from cholecystitis, gallbladder stones and other diseases, due to abnormal bile secretion, the patient will wake up in the middle of the night with dry mouth and bitter mouth symptoms. You can take anti-inflammatory bile tablets, ursodeoxycholic acid and other drugs to treat it. When cholecystitis is in acute attack, oral or intravenous antibiotics are needed for treatment, such as: cefuroxime, ampicillin and so on.
2. Gastroesophageal reflux: due to esophageal sphincter relaxation, cardia dystrophy and other reasons, resulting in gastroesophageal reflux, stomach contents back into the mouth, there will be dry mouth, bitter symptoms. You can take some proton pump inhibitors to inhibit excessive gastric acid secretion, such as: omeprazole, lansoprazole, etc.; you can also take gastrointestinal stimulants to promote the digestion of gastric contents, such as: domperidone, cisapride, etc..
3. Periodontal disease: suffering from gingivitis, wisdom tooth pericoronitis and other periodontal diseases, due to the periodontal tissues by the invasion of bacteria, resulting in the emergence of inflammation, there will be a bad taste in the mouth, the symptoms of dry mouth, bitter mouth. You can take antibiotics for treatment, such as: ceftazidime, metronidazole and so on.
Wake up in the middle of the night, dry mouth, bitter mouth symptoms, we must consult a doctor in time, under the guidance of the doctor’s medication, do not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.