get a different clue: dry, gritty eyes paired with dry mouth, a combination that points straight toward an autoimmune attack on the glands that make tears and saliva.
That is not a vague annoyance. That is your body’s plumbing being targeted from the inside, like someone slowly clogging the nozzles on a sprinkler system until nothing reaches the ground.
And this is where the whole story gets sharper: the same symptom can point to very different causes, which is why “drink more water” is such a lazy answer.
The Hidden
