Baby teething gums red and swollen may be a normal physiological phenomenon, there may be gingivitis, hand, foot and mouth disease caused by the need to identify the cause of the relevant treatment in a timely manner, the common treatment methods are general treatment, drug therapy.
1. Physiological reasons: most babies in teething, teething will have red, swelling, heat, pain in the local reaction, you can see the local gums white or slightly congested red and swollen, touching the gums with a tooth-like hardness, the baby will cry, and sometimes often ate the hand, it is a normal physiological phenomenon, teething can disappear after the symptoms.
2. Gingivitis: If the baby does not pay attention to oral hygiene during teething, there may be inflammation of the gums. Can follow the doctor’s instructions to use antibiotic drugs, such as amoxicillin, etc., accompanied by pain in the gums, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to the appropriate use of gargle rinse, such as concentrated tinidazole gargle.
3. Hand, foot and mouth disease: If the baby appeared gums bulge red and swollen, accompanied by herpes on the hands and feet, may be caused by hand, foot and mouth disease. Need to isolate the treatment, follow the doctor’s instructions for antiviral treatment, such as ribavirin, etc., itchy skin, follow the doctor’s instructions with glycerine lotion to relieve the symptoms of oral pain, loss of appetite, available oral sprays to ease the pain, such as the open-throat sword spray.
The baby teething gums red and swollen, exclude physiological causes, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, so as not to delay the condition.