No taste in mouth when pregnant

Many women will have a tasteless mouth when they are pregnant. Although this is a relatively normal phenomenon, pregnant women need to supplement a lot of nutrition. Therefore, when this phenomenon occurs, they should make adjustments in their lives, especially pay more attention to their diet. This can not only improve the tasteless mouth phenomenon, but also not delay the supplementation of nutrition.

What to eat when you have no taste in your mouth when you are pregnant

1. Use a toothbrush to remove the tongue coating when washing your mouth every morning. Do not clean too deeply at first to avoid vomiting. Clean deeper after you get used to it. Once every two to three days is enough. The feeling of blandness in the mouth is often seen in people with weak spleen and stomach or weak spleen function. In addition, digestive system diseases, endocrine diseases, long-term fever and wasting diseases, malnutrition, lack of vitamins and trace element zinc, lack of protein and calories, etc. can all cause the tongue to have a bland feeling due to decreased sensitivity of taste buds. Patients often have a poor appetite, find food tasteless and suffer from anorexia. If a pregnant woman has a loss of taste in her mouth for a long time, it is recommended that she see a doctor.

2. Due to oral diseases such as mucosal diseases, caries, periodontal disease, missing teeth without repair and other factors, chewing becomes inconvenient and saliva secretion cannot be promoted better; if there is a loss of taste in the mouth, pregnant women can go to the oral department for a check-up. In addition, diseases such as diabetes, atrophic gastritis, vitamin deficiency, and a preference for spicy and stimulating foods can directly damage the papillae of the tongue. These factors often cause the degeneration of taste buds, a decrease in taste, and a loss of taste in food.

3. In order to avoid a tasteless mouth, you should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits every day, because they contain a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which can protect the taste buds of the tongue papillae. Taking vitamin C orally every day can stimulate the taste buds on the tongue papillae. Doing oral exercises every day, such as clicking teeth and swallowing saliva, can strengthen the body and teeth, promote saliva secretion, and delay the aging of the taste buds on the tongue papillae.

Dietary principles for early pregnancy

1. Choose foods that stimulate appetite.

Most women in early pregnancy have a decreased appetite or a change in taste. Whether it is sour, spicy, salty or bland, you should cater to the pregnant mother's preferences and not avoid too many foods. The purpose is to ensure that the pregnant mother can get adequate nutrition.

2. Choose foods that are easily digestible.

Such as porridge, dry bread, steamed buns, biscuits, sweet potatoes, etc., can reduce vomiting.

3. Eat when you want to, and eat small meals frequently.

Especially for pregnant mothers who have severe pregnancy reactions, don't be bound by meal times, just eat whenever you want. For example, before going to bed and when getting up early, eating a few biscuits, bread or other snacks while sitting on the bed can reduce vomiting and increase food intake.

4. Supplement 400-600 micrograms of folic acid every day.

When the fetus implants in the mother's uterus, the neural tube begins to differentiate and develop. In order to avoid fetal neural tube defects, it is particularly important for women to start taking folic acid supplements when planning their pregnancy. Inadequate folate intake has multiple negative effects on pregnancy, including low birth weight, placental abruption, and neural tube defects.

5. When vomiting during pregnancy is severe, or even when the patient is completely unable to eat, intravenous nutritional supplements are required .