Mouth problems?

[karinbuck 42]

Was sleeved March 20th. Ever since the surgery I have had what I call "dirty mouth". That feeling when you have forgotten to brush your teeth. Anyway I have it all the time now. I brush. Won't drink anything but Water and within an hour the feeling is back. Now the insides of my lips are red and irritated as well. Has anyone experienced this after surgery? Does it have anything to do with gas?

[debknauss 24]

Never heard of dirty mouth, I had really bad dry mouth. Maybe try chewing sugar free gum or mints. There's biotein and spray maybe that will help. I did sugar free ice pops. Good luck.

[karinbuck 42]

I've chewed gum and the results are the same. Its funny cause at the time I was chewing gum, I kept thinking of that orbitz commercial. "Dirty mouth. Clean it up!" Lol

[Imanurse 27]

I was told to expect it. And use listerine breath strips.

[MichiganChic 3,262]

Any chance you have thrush? White tongue?

[karinbuck 42]

I'm not sure what thrush is. But no white tongue.

[Mrs. Whatsit 33]

Maybe it's this. http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/features/low-carb-diets-can-cause-bad-breath

[Seela 1,187]

Very common to have extreme dry mouth for a couple of months. It goes away