Finger sucking habit?

buddi · Post by **buddi** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:54 am

Hello guys,

It should be really crazy or wierd to admit i have this thumb sucking habit while in my sleep even in my high school..
So till my early teens i was doing this in the sleep..
How many of u indeed did this and for how long?
Just curious to know if that has brought us this condition..
Bcoz it really dries out the mouth

Memyselfi · Post by **Memyselfi** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:45 am

I actually do or did. I now keep my nails done and I keep them long so I will poke me if try to suck them. But it still hasn’t really helped. I also feel like my mouth is drier because I stopped sucking my thumb.

buddi · Post by **buddi** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 12:25 pm

Memyselfi wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:45 am I actually do or did. I now keep my nails done and I keep them long so I will poke me if try to suck them. But it still hasn’t really helped. I also feel like my mouth is drier because I stopped sucking my thumb.

So from where do u think ur BB is originating?
U have any other health issues u think are contributing to ur BB?

Kd1994 · Post by **Kd1994** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 4:33 am

I did when I was very little til like 12 yrs old

Memyselfi · Post by **Memyselfi** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:03 pm

I believe it comes from back of throat, esophagus or stomach area. No medical probs

buddi · Post by **buddi** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:17 pm

Guys i juss wanna tell u , tongue itself might be the problem..
When i checked with the dentists ,they ruled out my dry mouth problem..
My teeth were always fine..but even after dental cleaning by a dentist, i could feel the breath from my throat and my tongue seems to be very rough and dry always..
So i kept checking for medical conditions which leaves a bad tongue coat..
But after visiting to an ENT recently and based on the home remedies that worked for me, it concludes that my tongue itself is a problem and its dry and rough hence catching hold of more bacteria..
Now my prob is almost 80% better..
Looking for more solutions to resolve my dry tongue..
You guys may consider the same..
Bcoz only areas that give BB in mouth are teeth,gums, tongue back of the tongue, tonsils..
You guys might check it out and let us know the responses..
I also got tested..i have no sinus or any stomach related probs..juss a little pnd, for which i got the deviated septum corrected..

terranpatriot · Post by **terranpatriot** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:21 pm

I think the real issue of concern is mentioned towards the end of your post...dry mouth. I’m curious as to how many people here have this condition, as a cause for their bb? Anyone here have a mouth that is normally salivated, but still suffer from bb? I feel that the issue isn’t necessarily our bb, it’s our dry mouth that causes bb

buddi · Post by **buddi** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:48 pm

Yeah i produce saliva normally..
I never had any dry lips or difficulty swallowing..
But i could see bad tongue coats.
My point is that mouth breathing for a longer periods OR finger sucking for such longer periods can really dry out your tongue.. so mine is exactly not dry mouth. May be the papille on the tongue was affected..and it needs that nourishment now..
And i am undergoing this hell since my high school days..
I have no other health issues since then..
And when ur dentist does not identify the cause, he cleans d teeth n gives u a mouth wash which indeed dries the tongue more.. so every home remedy u do to clean your teeth might indded be drying the tongue, since we dint know that dry tongue is the issue..
So i juss wanna chk with other finger suckers with no other health issues to see if our tongues are indeed causing this..

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