Dilute (25% to 50%) mouthwash solution taken after each feed or hourly. Does not completely eliminate it but does make substantial improvements and makes recovery quicker. I suffer salt mouth quite easily whereas some others do not seem to suffer from it at all, so there is a personal reaction. I asked Kevin Murphy how he dealt with it on his multiple EC crossings, especially his monster 50+ hour triple attempt and he said it was never particularly a problem for him.
Like loneswimmer, I suffer salt mouth after about four hours in saltwater and so take a swig of a dilute mouthwash after each feed. This freshens the mouth and makes it more bearable. Still have horrid blisters and peeling tongue for some days after every long saltwater swim though.
loneswimmer said:
Dilute (25% to 50%) mouthwash solution taken after each feed or hourly. Does not completely eliminate it but does make substantial improvements and makes recovery quicker.
Mouthwash does work, but it need to be the non alcoholic version, otherwise it will burn your tongue. I use it every four hours, but yes more often may work better
I generally agree with @loneswimmer, although I don't bother diluting the mouthwash. Tastes like mint over my feeds a little bit, but that doesn't bother me as much as it would bother my wife.
Interesting. glad for this tip as I have the Alligator Lighthouse swim coming up and I'm a SLOW swimmer. Prior to reading this, I thought the answer was to keep the mouth shut as much as possible... goes shopping now...
HollyT said:
Interesting. glad for this tip as I have the Alligator Lighthouse swim coming up and I'm a SLOW swimmer. Prior to reading this, I thought the answer was to keep the mouth shut as much as possible... goes shopping now...
Hey, my family and I are flying down for this, too.
I didn't even know what an "osmosis tongue" was until I read this thread and realized I had that experience 5 years ago when I did my slowest Great South Bay Swim. Fortunately,it calmed down by the time of the after party and a couple beers took care of whatever was left of it.
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Dilute (25% to 50%) mouthwash solution taken after each feed or hourly. Does not completely eliminate it but does make substantial improvements and makes recovery quicker. I suffer salt mouth quite easily whereas some others do not seem to suffer from it at all, so there is a personal reaction. I asked Kevin Murphy how he dealt with it on his multiple EC crossings, especially his monster 50+ hour triple attempt and he said it was never particularly a problem for him.
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Like loneswimmer, I suffer salt mouth after about four hours in saltwater and so take a swig of a dilute mouthwash after each feed. This freshens the mouth and makes it more bearable. Still have horrid blisters and peeling tongue for some days after every long saltwater swim though.
Mouthwash does work, but it need to be the non alcoholic version, otherwise it will burn your tongue. I use it every four hours, but yes more often may work better
I generally agree with @loneswimmer, although I don't bother diluting the mouthwash. Tastes like mint over my feeds a little bit, but that doesn't bother me as much as it would bother my wife.
Interesting. glad for this tip as I have the Alligator Lighthouse swim coming up and I'm a SLOW swimmer. Prior to reading this, I thought the answer was to keep the mouth shut as much as possible... goes shopping now...
http://marathonswimmers.org/forum/discussion/394/salt-mouth
Hey, my family and I are flying down for this, too.
I didn't even know what an "osmosis tongue" was until I read this thread and realized I had that experience 5 years ago when I did my slowest Great South Bay Swim. Fortunately,it calmed down by the time of the after party and a couple beers took care of whatever was left of it.