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陕西镇安读者马某来信说:我已逾古稀之年,常常感到口千,光想喝水。不知道这是什么原因,请问该怎么办?答马某读者:老年人发生口干的原因,一是生理性的,由于老年人口腔唾液腺萎缩,唾液分泌减少所敛据统计,30%~50%的老年人都有这种生理性的口干。另外是病理性的口干,由于患有干燥症、糖尿病、肺结核、贫血、甲状腺机能亢进、慢性咽喉炎以及更年期综合征等所引起。
Ma Zhen, Shaanxi readers readers letter said: I have more than seventies, often feel the mouth, just want to drink water. Answer a horse a reader: the reason why dry mouth occurs in the elderly, one is physiological, due to the elderly oral salivary gland atrophy, reduced salivary secretion by the statistics, 30% ~ 50 % Of the elderly have this kind of physiological dry mouth. In addition is the pathological dry mouth, due to xerophthalmia, diabetes, tuberculosis, anemia, hyperthyroidism, chronic pharyngitis and menopause syndrome caused.