What’s wrong with your baby’s “flowery tongue”? The technical term for “flowery tongue” is “map tongue”. It is a superficial, non-infectious inflammation of the tongue. It can develop at any age, but is most common in early childhood and adolescence, and may disappear with age, with a few having a genetic predisposition. Possible causes include intestinal parasites, gastrointestinal dysfunction, vitamin B deficiency, erupting milk teeth, allergic diseases, and infectious lesions. Children’s underdeveloped nervous system and mood swings are also an important cause. Baby’s “flower tongue” symptoms Baby’s “flower tongue” manifests as one or several round or irregular-shaped red spots on the tongue, like a piece of tongue mucosa peeling off, which is a filiform papillary atrophy area, surrounded by thickened filiform papillae, with a yellowish-white band or This is a filiform papillary atrophy area, which is surrounded by thickened filiform papillae, with a yellowish-white band or arc-like distribution, forming a clear demarcation with the surrounding normal mucosa. There is usually no pain or other adverse sensation. However, combined with fungal and bacterial infections, there may be burning pain or dull pain. The attack is self-limiting and the mucosa may return to normal after a period of time. How to treat and prevent? 1. Asymptomatic people usually do not need treatment. 2, with Candida or bacterial infection, should be local treatment, anti-inflammatory symptomatic drugs gargle, such as 3% to 5% sodium bicarbonate solution, ciprochloramine gargle, etc., to keep the oral cavity clean, control the infection. 3. Actively eliminate undesirable factors such as oral lesions; pay attention to a reasonable diet, add supplementary food in a timely manner to prevent children from partial and picky eating, so as to avoid gastrointestinal disorders and malnutrition. 4, keep the baby’s oral hygiene, available every morning soft brush from the back of the tongue outward gently brush 1-2 times to keep the back of the tongue clean. Usually baby drink some water after eating or rinse mouth.