Why do we get Morning Breath? What’s different about breathing in our sleep compared to being awake?

Question

This has always puzzled me, what is happening in our mouth when we’re sleeping?

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Answer 1

The kidneys and digestion pause at night else you’d need to wee every 2 hours. So the body is like is didn’t eat and drink and the mouth gets like a smelly pond with no water.