Drooling can be caused by physiological factors, or by pathological factors such as herpes stomatitis and pneumonia.
1. Physiological factors: children, especially infants, swallowing muscle development is not perfect, there is saliva can not swallow in time, resulting in drooling.
2. Herpetic stomatitis: it is a rash of vesicles on the oral mucosa caused by herpes virus. Due to the inflammatory reaction in the oral cavity, a large amount of saliva is secreted, leading to drooling.
3. Pneumonia: Drooling in a one or two month old child is often an early manifestation of pneumonia. It is only at a later stage that coughing and coughing up phlegm occurs.
Drooling may also be caused by hypothyroidism and other diseases, excluding physiological factors, it is recommended to seek medical attention to identify the cause, under the guidance of the doctor’s scientific treatment.