Cheeks generally refers to the back end of the jawbone on both sides of the face, children’s pain in the cheeks may be physiological reasons such as eating hard food for a long time, usually can be relieved on their own; there may be mumps, submandibular lymphadenitis and other pathologic factors lead to, generally need to be treated with medication.
1. Physiological factors: children who eat too hard food for a long time, such as nuts, sugar cane, etc. can cause temporary strain on the biting muscle, causing pain in the cheeks, by reducing the bite of hard objects, reduce chewing to protect the biting muscle, and usually can be relieved after appropriate rest.
2. Pathologic factors:
(1) Mumps: it can manifest with parotid gland swelling, pain, fever, headache and other symptoms, and is usually treated with symptomatic treatment. Headache, parotid swelling and pain is obvious can be used ibuprofen analgesia; for the combination of orchitis, meningoencephalitis, myocarditis can be short-term application of glucocorticoids, such as dexamethasone, etc.; the combination of encephalitis, meningitis, there is an increase in intracranial pressure, should be given promptly to mannitol, etc. to reduce intracranial pressure.
(2) submandibular lymphadenitis: it can be manifested as submandibular lymph node enlargement, pain and other symptoms, which may be accompanied by fever, usually caused by bacterial or viral infection. If it is caused by bacteria, antibacterial drugs such as cefdinir can be used; if it is caused by virus, antiviral drugs such as ganciclovir can be used for treatment.
If there is fever, you need to take timely cooling measures such as ice on the forehead, warm water to wipe the skin, over 38.5 ℃ can use ibuprofen suspension solution to reduce fever.
When the child’s cheek pain occurs, parents should take the child to the hospital in time to identify the cause of active treatment. The above drugs need to be used in accordance with medical advice.