1.Patients with dry syndrome tend to have symptoms such as dry mouth and swallowing food requiring water delivery, so how should they choose food in terms of diet?
Patients with dry syndrome should choose moderate amount of liquid food or semi-liquid food at the beginning of or during the daily meal to increase the comfort of eating. Forbid to eat stimulating food: such as spicy food, so as not to aggravate the discomfort of the mouth. Choose to eat some sour snack foods in moderation: such as apricot plums to reflexively increase saliva secretion. Avoid eating dry and hard foods, such as cookies, nuts, etc.
2.What methods can patients with dry syndrome take to relieve the symptoms of dry mouth?
Patients can take the method of drinking water in small amounts for several times to relieve the dry mouth symptoms. After each meal, rinse the mouth with water to remove the food residue in the mouth in time and keep the mouth clean. Chew sucrose-free gum, sugar-free candy as a salivary agent to relieve dry mouth symptoms. Do cheek puffing every day, and at the same time use your hand to clasp the ipsilateral parotid area several times, or massage the cheek and lower jaw to stimulate parotid secretion. Tooth decay should be repaired as soon as possible to avoid delaying the best treatment period. Take medicine according to the doctor’s prescription and actively treat the mouth ulcer, such as taking vitamin B2 orally and applying oral Ⅰ, etc. If the dry mouth is serious, use citric acid mouthwash to rinse the mouth to stimulate the secretion of residual salivary glands and replace saliva.
3.What should dry syndrome patients do when they have difficulty in swallowing solid food?
In order to solve the difficulty of swallowing, a small amount of liquid food, beverage or soup can be consumed before the beginning of each meal to reduce the discomfort of the mouth. Try to avoid dry foods such as animal liver and cookies to avoid swallowing difficulties. In case of choking accidents, drink warm and cool water immediately to deliver. Avoid eating too fast and too urgent, chew and swallow slowly, and do not talk when eating to avoid choking when food enters the trachea.
4.What other aspects should patients with dry syndrome pay attention to besides relieving dry mouth through diet?
Patients should try to avoid dry food, drinking alcohol, smoking and whistling through the mouth. Special attention should be paid to oral hygiene, prevention of tooth decay and use of artificial saliva as appropriate. In addition, fluoride toothpaste should be used to protect the teeth and slow down the destruction of teeth. Meanwhile, for patients with dry mouth/eye syndrome, they should also avoid wind blowing and dry indoor and outdoor environment.
5.What should dry syndrome patients do when they have dry eyes, few tears and photophobia?
We should pay attention to.
(1) Pay attention to eye hygiene.
(2) When you have foreign body sensation, do not rub your eyes with unclean hands or handkerchiefs, and use sterile cotton sticks to wipe the inner canthus of your eyes.
(3) Do not read books under bright light to reduce eye strain.
(4) Wear sunglasses when you go out to reduce the stimulation of the eyes by strong ultraviolet light.
(5) Choose anti-inflammatory drugs for the eyes when eye infections occur, and order them on time.
(6) You can choose artificial tears as a daily health care medicine to relieve the discomfort of dry eyes.
(7) Patients with dry keratitis should apply eye medication before sleep to protect the cornea.
6.How to apply eye drops correctly?
Wash your hands well before applying eye drops, check whether the eye medication has expired, check the name of the medication, shake well, take a sitting position, tilt your head back or take a supine position, look upwards, separate the upper and lower eyelids with your left hand, hold the medicine bottle with your right hand, the front end is 1~2 cm away from your eye, put the medicine into the conjunctiva and then gently lift the upper eyelid to fill the whole conjunctival sac. Close the eyes for 1 to 2 minutes.
7.What should be done for vaginal dryness during sexual intercourse in patients with dry syndrome?
The disease is most common in middle-aged and older women aged 40 to 60. The disease causes low vaginal discharge, dryness of vulva and vaginal mucosa, and sexual life is affected to a certain extent. One of the solutions is to use a water-soluble liquid, such as propionic acid gum, locally in the vagina before sex to improve the difficulties during sex, and never choose oil-based preparations. Lubricants can improve the quality of sexual life.