Young children often have health problems. When a child cries, indicating a pain in his mouth, many parents think that they are cutting their teeth. But this is not always the case. Your child may have stomatitis. Symptoms in children can manifest themselves in different ways, since there are several types of the disease. We will help you determine what type of stomatitis your child is faced with and how to cure the disease.
Varieties of stomatitis
Since stomatitis is a disease that destroys the mucous membrane of the mouth, it is worth understanding that it can be caused by various pathogens. What caused the infection determines what your
child has stomatitis. In children, the symptoms differ depending on the type of disease. Most often, babies have herpetic stomatitis - in about 80% of cases. Your child could catch an infection from another person with whom he was in close contact or ate from one dish, as it is transmitted by airborne droplets. In this case, the child has fever and general weakness. White wounds pop out in and around the mouth, the gums and tongue turn red, and the lymph nodes near the jaw become inflamed. Possible runny nose. In this case, the drug "Acyclovir" is prescribed, and when the mucous membrane begins to heal a little, rinses with medicinal herbs are prescribed. If, in addition to wounds, the child's lips are covered with a yellow film, then this is already stomatitis caused by microbes.
In children, symptoms also include weakness and fever. Such stomatitis could be caused by taking antibiotics, so before treatment, you may need to abandon them. This disease is not necessarily caused by infection. It is possible that the wounds in the mouth appeared due to the child
biting his lip or tongue or injuring the mucous membrane with a toy, pen, etc. In this case, stomatitis in children, the symptoms of which may include muscle pain and fever (even in the absence of fever), is treated with anti-inflammatory drugs. Initially, the wound is worked out by an antiseptic and, of course, isolate the child from objects that can cause injury. If your offspring is prone to allergies, it is entirely possible that it was because of this that he developed stomatitis.
In children, the symptoms of viral stomatitis manifest themselves precisely as an allergy. If neither microbes, nor trauma, nor infection caused the disease, then this is aphthous
stomatitis in children. The treatment consists in anesthetizing the wounds, since in this type of disease very intense pains are observed, and in their disinfection. Interestingly, the causes of aphthous stomatitis are not clear. But most likely this is due to a lot of stress and worries.
See a doctor
With any kind of disease, you should beware of exposure to wounds of alkalis and acids. This can only aggravate the disease. In any case, only a specialist can diagnose the disease. Do not ignore the visit to the doctor so that your child does not suffer from complications.