A dry mouth in the afternoon to consider physiological reasons or pathological reasons (such as diabetes, dry syndrome, etc.).
1. Physiological reasons: If you work in a hot environment, lose too much water, eat too salty, drink less water is easy to appear in the afternoon dry mouth, by drinking more water will be significantly relieved.
2. Pathological reasons
(1) diabetes: if the blood sugar continues to rise, poor blood sugar control can cause dry mouth by adjusting hypoglycemic drugs, such as metformin, or the application of insulin, when the blood sugar is stable, dry mouth will be significantly better.
(2) Dry syndrome: it is a chronic inflammatory disease involving exocrine glands, if it involves the salivary glands, dry mouth will occur, if it involves the lacrimal glands, there will be dry eyes and fewer tears.
Dry mouth in the afternoon may also be other reasons, if it happens often, you need to go to the hospital to check the cause of the disease, and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.