Foam in the mouth when children sleep may be a normal physiological phenomenon, or it may be caused by pneumonia, oral diseases and other pathological reasons.
1. Physiological phenomenon: due to the child’s age is relatively small, swallowing function and perfect, if the oral secretion increases, did not swallow in time, there may be a foam in the mouth when sleeping, if there is no other discomfort symptoms, then it is a normal physiological phenomenon, pay attention to observation.
2. Pneumonia: pediatric pneumonia is a common respiratory disease in children, mostly caused by pathogenic infections, mainly manifested as foaming at the mouth, the child a little moaning, fever, shortness of breath, coughing, dysphoria, refusal of milk and other manifestations, so the child’s sleeping mouth with foam may be caused by pneumonia.
3. Oral disease: If the child does not pay attention to oral hygiene, oral ulcers, herpes, gums red and swollen and other oral problems, may stimulate increased salivary secretion, due to sleep too late to swallow, there may be foam in the mouth.
Parents are advised to take their children to the doctor for examination in time, to carry out targeted treatment after clarifying the cause of the disease, to pay attention to oral hygiene in life, and at the same time to pay attention to monitoring the condition, regular review and so on.