The causes of white tongue coating in the elderly may include weakness of the spleen and stomach, and dampness and turbidity.
1. Weakness of the spleen and stomach: If the old man has a thick white tongue coating, and accompanied by bloating, sour taste in the mouth and other symptoms, usually may be due to the weakness of the spleen and stomach and the accumulation of food due to such old people usually have overeating, or eating too much fat, sweet and thick food, aggravating the burden of the spleen and stomach, so that the food stagnation of the gastrointestinal, and then produce a thick white moss.
2. Dampness and turbidity: Tongue coating is usually the transformation of stomach qi, under healthy conditions, should be thin white moss. Dampness within the stop, water metabolism disorder, will lead to the tongue moss become thick white and greasy, this time is often accompanied by abdominal distension, edema, fatigue and other uncomfortable symptoms.
There are many reasons for white moss, the elderly, such as the performance of white tongue, and accompanied by other symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to find out the cause of the disease, and active treatment, so as not to delay the condition.