Comment: It's a chance to fall into my hands an article on Xerostomia, as it is now my problem.
The decrease in salivary flow due to a salivary gland hypofunction. This decrease in saliva may be reversible if the cause that triggers it is temporary, as a state of anxiety, an acute type infection of the salivary glands, by a state of dehydration or a side effect of some drugs. However, if the cause is from chronic leads to a permanent dry mouth as in some congenital abnormalities, autoimmune diseases, infectious, rheumatological ( Sjögren syndrome and fibromyalgia), allergic diseases, menopause, radiation primarily cancer of the head and neck, diabetes, psychiatric disorders, Alzheimer's, AIDS, substance abuse (alcohol, drugs, and snuff).
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