What's wrong with old people's white tongue?

The thick and white tongue coating of the elderly may be related to oral hygiene, digestive system problems, infection factors and other factors.

1. Poor oral hygiene The

elderly may pay insufficient attention to oral hygiene or not clean in time and thoroughly due to poor physical function and poor self-care ability, resulting in the accumulation of food residues and soft dirt on the tongue surface, thus forming the phenomenon of thick and white tongue coating.

2. Digestive system problems The

gastrointestinal function of the elderly may be weakened, such as indigestion, slow gastrointestinal motility, etc., which is easy to make food stay in the gastrointestinal tract for too long, resulting in wet evil, which may be reflected in thick white on the tongue coating.

3. Infection factors

When the body resistance of the elderly decreases, various infections may occur, such as oral candida infection, which will also lead to abnormal changes in the tongue coating, showing a thick white state.

If the thick white tongue coating continues to be unrelieved or accompanied by other abnormal symptoms, such as oral odor, pain, decreased appetite, etc., seek medical attention in time for comprehensive examination and diagnosis in order to clarify the cause and take corresponding treatment measures.