Very often, parents begin to notice any bad breath in the child. As a rule, it is described as fetid, sour, sometimes with a touch of acetone. This is by no means a difficult problem to resolve; the main thing is to correctly establish the cause and eliminate it.
There are many causes of bad breath . Often they have some additional symptoms, which allows the doctor to determine the most likely type of pathology that can develop in the baby.
As a rule, the main cause of bad breath in a child is diseases of the oral cavity of various modifications: improper oral hygiene, caries, filling defects, as well as mucosal diseases - stomatitis, dry mouth, fungal infection, gum and bone inflammation tissue, as well as tartar, plaque and teething wisdom. As a rule, stomatitis becomes a factor causing bad breath in a child at an earlier age. When the baby grows up, there are problems with teeth and diseases that have arisen as a result of this.
Another important factor that contributes to the occurrence of the problem under consideration is digestive diseases. As a rule, this reason is most often found in children who are or were on artificial feeding, and not on breastfeeding. Often in a similar situation, dysbiosis and pancreatitis occur. As concomitant signs of the disease in children, stool changes begin in various forms, bloating, flatulence, regurgitation, belching and constipation.
Sometimes a child’s bad breath, the reasons for which may be that the baby did not have bowel movements for several days, may be accompanied by changes in the smell of all the secretions (for example, the sweat becomes rotten). This occurs when children have chronic constipation. If stool delay occurs once, there will be no cardinal changes of this kind.
There are situations when the presence of an unpleasant “aroma” from the oral cavity can be a sign of an inflammatory process in the nasopharynx, which is accompanied by swelling under the eyes, a clear outline of the nasolabial folds, and also breathing through the mouth and snoring. As a rule, rhinitis is the main disease that causes such changes. This especially occurs with the development of a chronic form of the disease. At an older age, a child smells from the mouth also with chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis.
Parents should remember that after detecting a similar symptom in a child, it is best to first visit a dentist so that he examines the teeth for caries and diagnoses the microflora of the oral cavity. Then you need to pay a visit to the otolaryngologist, who will examine the posterior sections of the nose and the entire nasopharynx. If you felt the need to visit a gastroenterologist, then he should direct you to take an analysis of feces for dysbiosis, as well as an ultrasound examination of the liver and pancreas to identify their pathology.
As a rule, the fetid bad breath in a child is a very serious symptom that pediatricians constantly pay attention to. However, if all examinations and visits to doctors have not revealed any pathology, sometimes the cause may be an individual feature of the body. This is very rare, because, as a rule, an explanation still exists. It just needs to be diagnosed.
It is important to remember about thorough oral hygiene and rinsing with special solutions and herbs. Of course, they will not eliminate the cause, but they will help you feel more confident and will save you from many dental problems in the future.