I’m currently suffering with a nasty sickness bug and was wondering why my mouth fills with saliva right before I vomit?
NSFW just incase
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I believe this is a bodily reaction in order to protect your teeth from the stomach acid that comes with your vomit
That acid can destroy your teeth or at least damage them if you vomit with dry mouth
Dr Ouch did an episode on this. It’s too protect your throat/mouth/teeth from the acid in your gut.
If you keep spitting that saliva out you might not puke. Trick I learned in hs! Always spit to trick your brain into thinking your puking and you won’t puke 50% of the time
For what cases is this NSFW?
ELI3: gastric juice is very acidic, we produce saliva because is a way of protecting the inside of the mouth and the teeth from the acid cocktail.
I remember reading somewhere that in particular situations (drunkenness and poisoning for example) your body releases a type of enzyme into your saliva that, when consumed, induces vomiting to expel whatever it is your body thinks is poisoning you. This is why spitting out the saliva delays the onset of vomiting.
If you start spitting the excess saliva out right away, you won’t throw up.
Learned that as a kid.
Why doesnt this work in reverse ? When you produce saliva while eating
Does everyone experience this? My experience has always been the opposite. I’ll kneel by the toilet for like 10 minutes, trying to vomit until it eventually comes. And my mouth is always bone dry. Sometimes I’ll sip some water to help the vomit finally trigger. And once it’s done, I’ll wash my mouth out right away.
not sure on a psyciological level what causes it but it helps protect your teeth from the stomach acid. I’ve always used this thing you describe as an indicator, ie. its poasible to feel very sick but not actually throw up. however once my mouth goes ‘wet’ with saliva like you explained, thats the ‘point of no return’ where I 100% know I’m going to throw up no matter what happens next.
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