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After dinner, the daughter began to nibble on the apple, and the girl's appetite was really good.
My daughter took a big bite of the apple, and suddenly the child said to me, "Mom, there is blood on the apple."
When I heard my daughter say this, I was startled and quickly ran over to take a look, and sure enough, there were tooth marks and a small amount of blood on the apple.
Looking closely, I found that it was the child's lips that had been chapped and bleeding, and the blood on the lips of the child was printed on the apple as soon as he ate the apple.
Now that the weather is getting drier and hotter, children's lips often appear peeling and dry, and in severe cases, a crack can be seen on the lips, which will bleed and tear and hurt.
Usually, mothers will remind children to drink more water, and when they go out to play, they will also carry a large water cup with them, for fear that the child will not have water to drink when he is thirsty. However, even with such careful care, the child's mouth will often appear dry and cracked.
This time I happened to take my daughter to the hospital for a routine medical examination, and I took the opportunity to talk to the pediatrician about this issue.
The pediatrician told me that in fact, the child's chapped lips cannot be repaired by drinking water alone, and this method generally does not work well.
She talked to me for a long time, said a lot of health care methods, I probably sorted it out to share it, mothers in need can collect oh, maybe next time you can use it!
There are many reasons for bleeding your child's lips
Your child's lips are a more fragile area, and the surface of the lips is a flattened, scaly epithelium, which is not protected by hair follicles like other parts of the body.
This part of the lips is free of hair follicles and sweat glands, and every day it is nakedly exposed to the outside world.
If the weather is relatively wet, it is good, if you encounter dry weather, the air itself lacks moisture, the humidity is very low, the child's lips are exposed to the outside for a long time, it is easy to dry and bleed.
In addition, the child's own young self-control is relatively poor, if his mouth is often itchy and uncomfortable, the child will unconsciously use his hands to pick or use his tongue to lick his lips.
Licking the lips will only keep the lips moist for a while, and when the saliva on the lips is lost, the child's lips will be more dry and uncomfortable.
In the same way, after the lips peel, it will affect the child's eating and speaking to a certain extent, and many children can't help but always cut it, and the bacteria on the child's hand will remain on the lips, causing bleeding and causing cheilitis.
In severe cases, it is necessary to seek medical treatment in time and seek the help of professional doctors, at this time the lips will often be very painful, and the child will be more uncomfortable.
There are ways to prevent your child's lips from being chapped
As mentioned above, I took my child to see a pediatrician, and the doctor gave a lot of professional advice, and it is key to prevent bleeding without cracking the child's lips, and there are several methods.
Let your child develop good habits and not lick their lips
Mothers should always pay attention to their children, help their children develop good living habits, and do not lick their lips casually. If you lick your lips often, you will make saliva contact with your lips for a long time, and the digestive enzymes in your saliva will damage your lips and make your lips dry and chapped.
If the mother finds that the child has this habit of licking her lips, she should stop the child immediately and control and guide it at the source.
Do not pinch your lips with your hands
When the child's lips are dry, they will peel, and a thick cocoon will form on the mouth, and the child likes to use his hands to tear it.
In fact, at this time, this layer of cocoon is still connected to the lips, and it is easy to bleed and cause inflammation by cutting it with your hands.
Mothers should usually wash their children's hands more, keep their hands clean and hygienic, and avoid children from picking their lips with their hands.
If your child's lips are really dry, you can soak a towel in hot water at night before going to bed, then apply a towel to the lips for about 3 minutes, and then apply a little child-specific lip balm.
Ensure a light diet and avoid spicy stimulation
Spicy and irritating food is easy to cause children to catch fire, and if the liver is strong, it will also cause heat in the child's body, which is easy to cause the child's body skin to dry and uncomfortable.
Children's diet should be light, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and drink more soups, such as white fungus soup, winter melon soup and the like. Green vegetables are rich in vitamin B2, which can keep the child's body in a balanced nutrition.
In addition, go to bed early and get up early, maintain good sleep habits, take the child to exercise more, maintain sufficient physical fitness, drink more water every day, rub a little body milk and lip balm after the bath, keep the body skin and lips moist, will effectively alleviate the dryness of the child's body.
Prevention of children's chapped lips usually pay more attention, develop good habits is the best way, of course, if the child's lips are chapped and bleeding seriously, it is best to take the child to see a professional doctor and seek the help of a doctor.
Did your child have chapped lips?
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