4hw.com.cn: I believe many parents find their children drool when they sleep. So what's the reason for drooling? Why does darling sleep can shed saliva, be the reason that because darling body? How can we prevent it? I don't want you to look at it.
Why does baby drool when sleeping
Babies often drool when they are five or six months old. Inexperienced mothers and fathers don't know what's the cause, so they feel very worried. Sometimes they use drugs indiscriminately, resulting in more serious problems for babies. However, baby drooling is generally a normal physiological phenomenon, parents do not have to worry too much. But baby saliva when how to care? How to prevent baby saliva in advance? How does darling sleep also shed saliva to do at night? Please listen to the pediatric experts of CITIC.
What's baby drooling about
&Middot; newborn
When Baobao was born, the salivary gland function was not perfect and the saliva secretion was less, so there was generally no serious salivation phenomenon.
&Middot; about six months
From three to four months, the baby's saliva secretion becomes more. After six months, because of the addition of complementary food, the change of diet, the baby's nervous system is stimulated, which makes the saliva become more, and the baby often drools. Six months or so of the baby, the mouth is still relatively small, and will not adjust their own oral environment, so that the baby's excessive secretion of saliva can only flow out of the mouth, so the baby saliva phenomenon.
&Middot; more than 6 months
Generally, the baby will start to sprout primary teeth 6-8 months later. When the baby is in the eruption stage of primary teeth, if the teeth want to break through the gum growth, it will make the gum ache and itch. Under the effect of nerves, it will increase the baby's saliva secretion, and the baby's mouth is small, and it will not regulate swallowing by itself, making the saliva phenomenon frequent.
The above is the general situation of baby's saliva. Of course, baby's saliva may be the pathological reason. If baby's saliva is accompanied by crying, refusing to eat and fever, it may be the baby's mouth. At this time, the mother should see if the baby is suffering from oral ulcer, and do a good job of treatment in time. No matter what pathological reasons lead to the baby drool, the mother must take the baby to see a doctor in time.
The cause of baby's drooling during sleeping
&Physiological salivation
1. When baby sleeps, drool often appears in baby's long teeth period. At this time, the mouth is an important organ of change for baby. The increased saliva can reduce baby's gingival pain caused by long primary teeth. At this time, drooling is normal. Mom doesn't need to worry too much. She usually pays attention to oral cleaning. When the baby grows up slowly, drooling will disappear.
2. The salivary glands of the newborn are underdeveloped, the salivary secretion is less, and the salivary phenomenon is basically absent. When the baby grows up slowly, to four or five months, trigeminal nerve is stimulated by complementary food, saliva secretion increases, and the baby's oral control ability is not strong, which will lead to saliva outflow. Mom doesn't have to worry, with the baby's growth, swallowing ability increases, generally around the age of three drooling phenomenon will disappear.
&Middot; pathological cause
It mainly refers to the drooling of baby due to some diseases, such as oral ulcer, inflammation of mucous membrane, dementia caused by nervous system diseases, mental retardation and so on. At this time, the mother should pay attention not to delay the illness, and take the baby to see a doctor in time.
Baby sleeps and drools
1. Immature esophageal function
The baby is still small, the esophageal function is not fully developed, and the food can not be fully digested. When the baby burps and spits, there will be peculiar smell. Therefore, there will be bad smell when the baby dribbles. This situation cannot be solved temporarily. Only when the baby grows up and the esophageal development is mature, the situation will automatically improve.
2. There are too many kinds of complementary food
Four or five months of the baby can add complementary food, the mother is afraid that the baby's nutrition is not enough, so she will give the baby everything to eat. If the baby's digestion is not good, these things will produce a bad smell in the mouth, and there will be a bad smell when sleeping and drooling at night. Therefore, when adding complementary food, mothers must pay attention to balanced nutrition, reasonable distribution of vegetables and meat food, not too much at a time, and pay attention to the digestion of the baby at any time.
3. Food residue
If the teeth erupt and the roots of the teeth itch, the baby likes to chew the food. Then there will be food residue in the gum seam. If it is not cleaned up in time, it will rot and form halitosis in a long time. Therefore, the mother should let the baby develop the habit of brushing teeth in the morning and evening as soon as possible, and clean the mouth and tongue after each meal to prevent the growth of bacteria.
Baby sleeps and snores
When babies go to bed at night, their airways become narrower due to more relaxed mucous membranes in their mouths, so snoring is more serious, because we all know that snoring is caused by narrow airways. Especially in the early childhood, because the baby's nasal cavity is narrow, it is easier to block when it has a cold. At this time, the baby will use his mouth to breathe, and then there will be the phenomenon of drooling and snoring.
Tip: the mother should also pay attention to whether the baby has a cold or otitis media, so as to prevent the baby from drooling and snoring.
If this happens, mom can do it:
1. Drop two drops of normal saline into the baby's nasal cavity to make the snot soft and easy to flow out.
2. Use humidifier to make baby's nasal cavity moist, easy to breathe and reduce the occurrence of drooling and snoring.
If the baby snores, then change the baby's posture, make the airway wider, or let the baby's neck back a little, so the snoring will disappear.
How to deal with baby's drooling in sleep
1. If the baby's saliva is very serious when sleeping, the mother should do a good job of cleaning, especially the skin near the baby's mouth, and clean the baby with water every day to prevent eczema on the face and neck.
2. We know that there are bacteria, amylase and other substances in saliva, which can stimulate the skin. If the baby drips saliva, and mom and Dad don't take care of it carefully, saliva will cause little red spots or eczema on the baby's skin. At this time, mom should timely apply skin cream or medication to the baby.
3. It is forbidden to use rough towel to wipe the baby's face. It will hurt the baby's skin. Use soft towel or handkerchief to clean the baby and keep the baby's face dry and clean.
4. Surround your baby with a small bib, soft, thick and absorbent cloth, so that even if your baby dribbles, it won't wet the neck and other places.
5. In the baby's long teeth period, the mother can give the baby something with proper hardness to let them bite, which will reduce the gingival stimulation, secrete more saliva, and reduce the drooling phenomenon.
6. If the baby has eczema or skin erosion, the mother should take the baby to see a doctor in time. During the recovery treatment, keep your baby's skin clean and fresh. If necessary, apply antibiotics or antipruritic drugs when your baby is asleep.
Prevention of drooling during sleep
1. Make sure your baby is sleeping properly
The baby's saliva may be caused by the baby's wrong sleeping position, such as lying on the stomach and sleeping on the side, which may cause the baby's saliva to fall asleep. Therefore, the mother should correct their position when the baby is sleeping to prevent the baby's saliva.
2. Pay attention to oral inflammation
Baby's saliva may also be due to pathological reasons when sleeping, for example, baby's mouth is infected, causing bacteria growth, causing inflammation, making baby's mouth painful and easy to salivate. At this time, the mother can give the baby some anti-inflammatory drugs, so that the oral ulcer will heal slowly, the phenomenon of sleeping drool will slowly disappear.
3. Prevent tooth deformity
If the baby's teeth are deformed, especially the front and back teeth are concave and convex very obviously, then it will lead to the baby's teeth will be exposed once the mouth is opened, and the mouth cannot be closed when sleeping, so the baby is more likely to drool. In this case, the mother should take her baby to the orthodontic surgery as soon as possible.
4. Prevention of neurological diseases
If the baby suffers from nervous systemic diseases, such as autonomic nervous disorders, neurosis, it will also make the baby drool when sleeping. Because this kind of disease can cause the baby's nerve to be excited abnormally, cause the brain to indicate to appear the mistake, increase the saliva secretion.
5. Do not take antiepileptic drugs
Mom should know that the side effects of some kind of antiepileptic drugs may be drooling. Therefore, the mother should be careful when the baby is sick to prevent side effects.
Identify drooling caused by disease
Baby will drool some of the normal phenomenon of growth and development, some of the abnormal reactions caused by diseases, at this time, mothers must pay attention to the baby's physical condition, to achieve timely treatment.
1. Oral ulcer
When the mouth ulcer, there will be small blisters near the mouth and in the mouth, and there will be more mucous membranes, and the tongue will also fester. At this time, the baby's mouth will be painful, making it difficult for the baby to swallow, and saliva will flow out.
2. Throat inflammation
If the baby is accompanied by runny nose, high fever and other symptoms when salivating, then the baby may have a cold, and lead to throat inflammation, tonsillitis and other related diseases of swallowing discomfort. At this time, the baby will also drool.
3. Virus infection
If the virus infection causes chickenpox, hand, foot and mouth disease and other diseases, it will also cause mouth and tongue ulcers, making the baby's mouth painful, difficult to breathe and breathe, and saliva flowing.
4. Neurological disorders
If the baby has neurological problems, it may lead to coma, meningitis, mental retardation and other neurological diseases. They will make the baby's face paralyzed, tongue and mouth used improperly, resulting in impaired swallowing function, resulting in drooling.
5. bites
If the baby accidentally bites his tongue, it will affect the peristalsis of the mouth. In the case of oral pain, using the tongue will make the baby drool.