Inside of mouth sticking to my teeth

[Neverflywithoutateapot]

For the last few weeks the inside of my mouth has become super sticky. The lining of my lips and cheeks no longer feels slippery, but kind of rough. If I'm not constantly sipping water the inside of my mouth almost becomes stuck to my teeth.

I've also noticed that overnight my saliva is really thick and almost white. I don't have any ulcers, sores, or red patches that I can see.

I've not changed my toothpaste or diet recently, but I am on tamoxifen and have started to experience menopause symptoms. I'm not sure if this is related.

I have tried to search online but nothing seems to describe what I'm experiencing, and to be honest, having already had cancer once, I'm scaring myself silly with worst case scenarios.

Has anyone experienced similar and if so do you know what it is, what's causing it and what I can do to stop it?

Thanks

Quick google suggests that long term use of Tamoxifen can indirectly cause Sjögren's syndrome symptoms.
Probably worth a chat with your oncology team.

Thank you for taking time to search @AlphaAlpha . It's mostly gone now, and I realised it coincided with what I thought was just a cold, but am now convinced was Covid. It may have been a strange and rare Covid side effect.

I'm glad it seems to have resolved itself - I get a very dry mouth and gums from Letrozole so if it happens again it could be related to Tamoxifen?

Last time I had Covid I was constantly thirsty, went on for about five weeks.

My mouth was so dry I felt rabid.

Not had it since.

If it persists, I would get checked out by your dentist. My DH had what he thought was a minor mouth thing that he buried his head in the sand about for many months. The day he mentioned it to me, I told him to go the dentists asap, which thankfully he did as the dentist saw him that day and did an immediate urgent referral to a hospital consultant. He was lucky. The delay had no significant impact. He has a job which tangentially involves telling people not to bury their heads in sand re medical issues and get them looked at - so it was a surprise to both of us that he has unwittingly done that himself! Hopefully lesson learnt!!