What’s wrong with your baby’s sticky saliva?

Baby saliva sticky, may be related to physiological factors, but also may be related to dehydration, gastrointestinal dysfunction and other factors.
1. physiological factors: if the baby appears saliva sticky situation, most of them are due to physiological factors, this period of time the baby’s salivary glands will begin to slowly develop, so will secrete a lot of saliva, the amount of saliva increased, the baby’s saliva viscous will also be relatively increased.
2. Dehydration: salivary mucus is mostly due to lack of water in the baby’s body, or intake of sugar is too high, accumulating in the oral cavity leading to viscous phenomenon.
3. Gastrointestinal dysfunction: baby if the saliva is sticky and accompanied by a bad taste in the mouth, or the tongue is thicker, may be gastrointestinal dysfunction leading to the above situation, some babies may also be accompanied by diarrhea, bloating and other adverse reactions.
Baby saliva sticky, may also be related to indigestion, thrush and other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to carry out relevant examinations, to clarify the cause of the disease after active symptomatic treatment.