Dry mouth?

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Dry mouth?

Post by ephraimh » Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:44 am

Does any one know of an gel or other treatment for dry mouth at night? My nasal hairs are too short to hold any significant of moisture so my nose and mouth get very dry.

The chinstrap is pretty strong and the nightly leak rate is about 5 - 15.

Thanks

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Re: Dry mouth?

Post by Julie » Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:38 am

Biotene (from the drugstore).

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Re: Dry mouth?

Post by OkyDoky » Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:12 am

I've used Ayr nasal gel for the nose and Oragel for Dry Mouth. For the Oragel, I just put a little on the tip of the tongue and rub it between my gums and cheek. I was looking last night and couldn't find the Oragel for Dry Mouth at my Walmart but it is at Amazon and other places.
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Re: Dry mouth?

Post by Guest » Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:07 am

Drink 80 oz of water each day . Maybe more. I start the day with two 12 oz glasses of warm water. I drink this for about 45 minutes to an hour before breakfast and drink a lot more through out the day.

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Re: Dry mouth?

Post by palerider » Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:55 am

ephraimh wrote:Does any one know of an gel or other treatment for dry mouth at night? My nasal hairs are too short to hold any significant of moisture
*raises eyebrows*

*blink*

*blink blink*

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Re: Dry mouth?

Post by OkyDoky » Sun Mar 29, 2015 2:36 pm

palerider wrote:
ephraimh wrote:Does any one know of an gel or other treatment for dry mouth at night? My nasal hairs are too short to hold any significant of moisture


*raises eyebrows*

*blink*

*blink blink*

It is one of their functions, along with being an air filter. Google nasal hair function. Although the moisture collecting is probably more of a filtering function than hydration of nasal/oral passages .
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Re: Dry mouth?

Post by NateS » Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:21 pm

palerider wrote:
ephraimh wrote:Does any one know of an gel or other treatment for dry mouth at night? My nasal hairs are too short to hold any significant of moisture
*raises eyebrows*

*blink*

*blink blink*
This is a problem that some people seem to have overcome.

I would check with this guy:

http://tinyurl.com/o3g78yr

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Re: Dry mouth?

Post by mgaggie » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:44 am

I'm with pale on this or not, depending on what he's thinking.

What the heck has nasal hairs holding moisture got to do with a dry mouth?

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Re: Dry mouth?

Post by palerider » Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:30 am

mgaggie wrote:I'm with pale on this or not, depending on what he's thinking.

What the heck has nasal hairs holding moisture got to do with a dry mouth?
the thinking was along the lines of "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, now THAT one's new"

I'm figuring, sort of along the lines what okydoky said, that there's some misunderstanding going on with the OP there.

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Re: Dry mouth?

Post by ephraimh » Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:40 pm

thanks.

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