Recently, I have received a lot of questions from mothers, why does the baby always drool, is there any problem or how to deal with the constant saliva and how to alleviate the baby's symptoms? Today Xiaobian will discuss with you the problem of baby drooling.
The saliva technical term is "saliva", which is a colorless and thin liquid. Secretion of saliva is a normal phenomenon, saliva is the external environment of the teeth, play a buffer, flushing, antibacterial and bacteriostatic role, while saliva is also a digestive juice, most of which is water, but also contains mucin and amylase, etc., is essential for digesting food.
In fact, many children not only infants and young children have the phenomenon of drooling, adults actually have drooling, but the adult's body control system is mature, can reduce the impact or by swallowing to cover up the physiological phenomenon, for this reason, you do not have to worry too much.
Reasons why babies often drool:
1, the baby drooling because the salivary glands are not well developed, although the secretion of saliva is not a lot, but because the oral development is not perfect, and the oral capacity is small, so there may be a phenomenon of saliva flow.
2, some children in the six months will add complementary food, because the stimulation of food leads to excessive saliva secretion, this time drooling is a very normal behavior, secretion of saliva In order to better digest food, but the baby's mouth is small, and can not be well self-regulated, it will lead to drooling.
3, the general baby in the birth of 4 to 12 months of age to begin teething, teeth eruption process, will lead to itching gums, this time the child drooling is to reduce pain and itching feeling, these are very normal phenomena.
4. The child's mouth muscles are uncoordinated, because the child's lips, tongue, cheeks and palate, the muscle strength and coordination and flexibility of these muscles are relatively poor, so that there will be drooling, which is generally accompanied by the phenomenon of unclear words. At this time, it is necessary to go to the hospital for the detection of oral muscles, and at the same time to give professional massage of oral muscles, do some professional training, such as the exercise of tongue extension, mouth, tongue, cheeks and other related muscles, and the situation of drooling will gradually decrease.
5. Because of the disease, such as herpes or ulcers in the child's mouth. At this time, the child will have pain in the mouth, dare not swallow, there will also be a child's constant saliva, the primary disease is good after the child's natural drooling symptoms will disappear.
There are relatively few pathological reasons for children's drooling, sometimes drooling will have fever or do not eat or bad spirits, there may be gingivitis or pharyngitis, etc., but also cause increased saliva secretion or due to pain Children are unwilling to swallow saliva, this time you need timely medical treatment.
Baby drooling is more, in general, the baby drooling is normal, because the infant's salivary glands are not developed, the oral capacity is small, the oral depth is not enough, the swallowing ability is not perfect, and the swallowing action is not coordinated, will not regulate too much saliva in the mouth, so it is easy to drool. The most common is that the child will continue to drool when teeth are toothed, and the symptoms of drooling will be alleviated after the teeth grow. Another common factor is oral diseases, such as thrush or mouth ulcers, where parents can check their child's oral mucosa for abnormalities.
How parents treat babies often drool
1. For babies who often drool, mothers should pay attention to keeping the baby's mouth clean, when there is a situation of drooling, first of all, keep the mouth clean, and wipe the saliva flowing out in time with soft gauze.
2. Bao Mom should often wash the baby's perioral area with warm water, keep the perioral area clean, and so on after drying, you can appropriately apply a small moisturizer that stimulates small skin.
3. Keep the clothes dry, for the clothes and face towels that are soaked by saliva, the mothers should wash and change frequently, and put them under too much oil in time to keep the clothes clean and hygienic.
4. Pay attention to maintaining the circulation of air in the baby's living environment in order to accelerate the evaporation of saliva and so on, and mothers should often take the baby out to breathe fresh air.