What is the reason for bitter mouth and thick white tongue coating when waking up in the morning?

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the diagnosis of diseases can be based on the condition of the patient's tongue coating. However, some people in life not only have thick white tongue coating, but also have symptoms of bitter taste and bad breath. What disease is causing this? Today, the editor will analyze the reasons in detail.

The causes of bad breath are oral factors and systemic factors:

1. Systemic factors: The mouth is the starting point of the digestive tract and is connected to the respiratory tract, so some diseases of the digestive and respiratory systems can also cause bad breath. For example, patients with digestive disorders, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, and constipation may have different degrees of bad breath. Patients with bronchiectasis and lung infections may also have bad breath. In addition, some patients with endocrine diseases such as diabetes may have a rotten apple smell in their mouths. Such patients need to go to the hospital for a full-body examination and treatment guidance:

2 Oral factors: Most bad breath is related to oral diseases and the ecological environment of the oral cavity. Oral uncleanliness, plaque, tartar, and tartar accumulation are the most direct causes of bad breath. Patients with chronic gingivitis and periodontitis have swollen gums, bleeding, periodontal pocket pus, and poor oral hygiene. The plaque, tartar, and tartar accumulated on the teeth are decomposed and fermented by bacteria and microorganisms, producing an unpleasant odor. Untreated cavities, residual roots, residual crowns, and poor restorations in the mouth are prone to accumulate food residues and dirt, producing an unpleasant bad breath. If it is an oral factor, the patient only needs to go to the oral department to treat the teeth. Basic periodontal treatments such as teeth cleaning can solve the problem of bad breath.

Thick white tongue coating and insufficient gastric motility

Thick white tongue coating is generally considered to be a manifestation of weakened gastric motility caused by factors such as chronic gastritis. If gastric motility is weakened, it will lead to the appearance of bad breath symptoms.

Guidance: The current symptoms suggest that you first pay attention to increasing exercise (take oral gastrointestinal motility drugs such as mebuterol or cisapride when necessary) to increase gastrointestinal motility, promote gastrointestinal emptying, shorten the retention time of food in the gastrointestinal tract, and at the same time pay attention to increasing the intake of fiber-rich foods such as celery and bananas, eat less greasy and indigestible foods, and pay attention to increasing exercise to promote gastrointestinal motility. However, if you have symptoms such as stomach pain and bloating, it is recommended that you must receive regular treatment for gastritis in a timely manner.