An infant’s fondness for spitting may be due to physiological factors such as development and tooth eruption. It may also be due to thrush, bilirubin encephalopathy and other reasons that make saliva flow out unconsciously.
1. Physiological factors: 3~4 months old babies salivary glands develop faster and secrete more saliva, causing babies to like to spit at this time; 6 months old babies enter the teething period, teething will stimulate the secretion of the salivary glands, so that babies like to spit.
2. Thrush: malnutrition, diarrhea or long-term use of broad-spectrum antibiotics or steroid hormones in children often have thrush. Small herpes appear on the baby’s tongue, inside the lips, gums and other parts of the baby’s mouth, and the child may have difficulty swallowing and the symptom of spitting.
3. Bilirubin encephalopathy: Bilirubin encephalopathy progresses rapidly and can damage the central nervous system and bring permanent damage if not treated in time. There are four clinical stages, and in the fourth stage, sequelae of bilirubin encephalopathy may appear, such as eye movement disorder, weakness in lifting up the head, drooling and other phenomena.
Babies like to spit, there may also be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.