Why have nausea when brushing your teeth?

The feeling of nausea when brushing can be caused by some diseases in the oral area or respiratory, digestive diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux, peptic ulcer .

Doctor Duong Anh Tuan, who works in the dentist office in Ho Chi Minh City, said that many people suffer from nausea and vomiting when brushing their teeth. This may be a problem of dental health or due to pathological causes in other areas, should not be underestimated anyway.

Essentially, vomiting is a good reflex for the body to reduce stomach pressure in the presence of foreign objects or irritation in the oropharynx. If you brush your teeth and experience a period of nausea and vomiting that lasts for a while with an unchanging or increasing nature, you may be experiencing one of the related conditions such as:

Localized oral disease

When brushing the teeth will affect the oropharynx to stimulate nerve receptors here, causing feelings of nausea and vomiting. In addition, some dental diseases such as inflammation around the teeth caused by lime, tooth decay, root canal damage, wisdom teeth (number 8), deviation, abscesses in the mouth . also cause this phenomenon.

Nausea and vomiting when brushing your teeth can be a problem of oral health.(Artwork: suckhoedanong.vn).

Respiratory diseases

Acute or chronic pharyngitis, sore throat, tonsillitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, chronic bronchitis cause sputum secretion in the morning. At that time, brushing your teeth increases the feeling of nausea.

Gastrointestinal disease

Gastroesophageal reflux disease, pregnancy in women, parasitic infection, esophageal tumors, peptic ulcer, pyloric stenosis also cause nausea and vomiting when brushing teeth. In addition to symptoms such as belching, heartburn, heartburn, feeling of heavy chest, dyspepsia, dull abdominal pain on the navel.

Some risk factors

Use stimulants such as smoking, drinking a lot of alcohol, eating more and late in the evening, using spicy and spicy foods such as monosodium glutamate, chilli, pepper and lemon. In addition, in some cases, the taste of toothpaste also causes discomfort and nausea for users.

Dr. Tuan suggests some other ways to treat nausea and vomiting when brushing your teeth as follows: "Change toothpaste to a more pleasant flavor. Do not use too much toothpaste at a time. Use The brush is soft and more suitable for the structure of the mouth.When brushing, it needs to be relaxed, comfortable, breathe through the nose, do not brush too hard and fast, do not put the brush deeply into the oropharynx. stimulation such as alcohol, beer, cigarettes, coffee, screening all diseases related to teeth, respiratory, digestion, if any, need thorough treatment, do not eat too late ".

After applying all of the above methods, the situation still does not improve, it is recommended to visit medical facilities with dental specialty. Based on the diagnosis results, the doctor will advise remedial solutions appropriate to each specific case.