The child is capricious, does not take the breast or bottle. But yesterday he was playing and smiling. In this case, you need to look into the child's mouth. If there is a white plaque on the tongue, then, most likely, it has thrush in the mouth, the most common disease, which with prompt and effective treatment quickly passes.
Your crumb has just appeared and is just getting used to the environment. Another year he will be disturbed by various infections and diseases. Because his immunity is not yet formed.
Parents know what to do with colic in the tummy, they are not afraid of sleepless nights when teething first baby teethbut when faced with thrush in childrenthen they panic and don’t know what to do, even though 90% of children experience this disease at least once. Since the baby cannot show you what and where it hurts, parents should be very attentive to their children. Continuous oral cavity check allows timely and quick detection of thrush in the mouth of a child and treat the disease back in the bud.
Symptoms
How to identify thrush in a child? Indeed, at the very beginning of the disease, children do not show any special symptoms of the disease. The main symptoms of thrush are:
- The child is capricious, refuses to take the breast or takes the breast, but with difficulty. This is due to the fact that it is difficult for him to swallow and he has discomfort and pain when eating.
- White scurf appears in the mouth, palate, inner lips and cheeks.
Most parents cannot distinguish between thrush and milk regurgitation. They differ in that the milk remains quickly disappear after feeding, but the thrush becomes more and more and extends to the rest of the oral cavity. Symptoms of thrush depend on the degree of illness or infection of the oral cavity.
- If there are small whitish spots in the mouth and on the inside of the cheeks, then we are dealing with the lightest degree of thrush. Rubbing cotton with a cotton-gauze pad of the infection site may temporarily eliminate whitish spots, but the oral cavity will remain reddened. You need to repeat this procedure 3-4 times a day after feeding, and your baby is healthy.
- When a child has a temperature of up to 38 and the entire oral cavity, including the inside of the cheeks and lips, as well as the tongue covered with white curd spotsthen there is a middle degree of thrush. After wiping with a cotton-gauze pad, bleeding wounds remain, and the palate becomes red. The child is capricious and refuses to take the breast or bottle.
- In severe thrush the temperature of your baby is high (38-39 degrees Celsius). The oral cavity is now covered not with white, but rather with yellow viscous spots. The deposit is removed, but not completely. This degree is very hard tolerated by children. Therefore, do not delay with treatment and be attentive to any changes in the child's body.
Thrush is fungal disease. Characteristic whitish spots in the mouth characterize the popular name. And the scientific name of this disease - candidiasis, which is caused by special fungi - Candida. These fungi are present in the mouth all the time, but they can also make themselves felt in some cases. So, what is the cause of candidiasis and how to treat it will be discussed below:
The main cause of candidiasis is a decrease in immunity. Since babies have not yet acquired immune protection, this is an excellent opportunity for the reproduction of Candida fungi.
The occurrence of candidiasis may be the result of long-term treatment of other diseases with antibiotics. After all, antibiotics destroy not only undesirable, but also beneficial bacteria. Thereby reducing the immunity of the child.
Dirty toys and an unprocessed bottle or dummy are also carriers of candida germs. Cleanliness and regular sterilization of toys and bottles can minimize the occurrence of thrush in the baby’s mouth.
Treatment
Treatment of thrush in children in the mouth can begin only prescribed by a pediatrician. Only after examination, the doctor can prescribe treatment individually. After all, each child is different in its own way. The doctor may advise antifungal agents, various pills and creams, rinsing solutions for the oral cavity, which are suitable for treating your child.
Remember, thrush is a fungal disease and you need antimicrobial treatment. Wiping the mouth with a solution of soda also recommended by doctors. To prepare a solution of soda in 100 ml of warm boiled water, a quarter of a teaspoon of soda is dissolved. Then the gauze is wound around the index finger and the damaged part of the oral cavity is treated. Remove the white curd mass should be carefully and at the same time carefully, without damaging the mouth of your offspring. This procedure should be repeated until complete recovery, so that the disease does not return back. The balance of at least a small fraction of candida fungi in the mouth can cause a backlash and the disease can return again.
Folk remedies in the fight against thrush
Folk remedies, of course, are not as effective in dealing with thrush as modern drugs. But chamomile or sage solution can calm and relieve oral inflammation. The most common folk method is sea buckthorn oil. The principle of treatment is the same as with a solution of soda - rubbing the damaged area with sea buckthorn oil.
It must be remembered that the use of modern methods with a mixture of folk remedies is the most effective method in the fight against thrush. It is possible to supplement various modern ointments with folk mouthwash for the treatment to be effective and timely.
Prevention
Note that thrush is a fungal disease. Therefore, for prevention, you must comply oral hygiene not onlybut also the environment of children.
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Toys and nipples must be kept absolutely clean. They should be boiled regularly so as not to repeat the appearance of thrush in the baby again. - The hygiene of both the baby and the mother should be the most important thing to pay attention to. Bathe the baby regularly. If a thrush was found in mother, then treatment is also required for her.
- After feeding the baby, give him drink warm boiled waterto wash off the remnants of milk in the mouth.
- In order to prevent the recurrence of thrush, it is necessary to strengthen the immunity of the child, to walk more in the open air, if possible to feed with natural products, to give vitamins.
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