Babies sometimes have small conditions in their mouths, either due to disease or as a result of growth and development. The mother should know how to identify and deal with it! I. Recurrent oral ulcers 1, appearance characteristics Prevalent in the tongue, lips, cheek mucosa, can occur only one, can also appear at the same time more than one. The surface of the ulcer is a small circular depression with a yellowish pseudomembrane, and the periphery is congested and red. 2, where it comes from This is not an infection with any pathogen, but is related to the baby’s own immune function, and there is a clear tendency of family inheritance, if one or both parents have recurrent mouth ulcers, the baby has a higher chance of getting sick. In addition, factors such as partial diet, indigestion, fever, lack of sleep, overwork and stress can trigger recurrent ulcers. 3.What does the baby feel The ulcer surface has a relatively intense burning pain, which is more pronounced when touched or stimulated by eating, making the baby afraid to eat, and although it looks hungry, it cries as soon as it eats. 4, response method Generally 1 to 2 weeks can heal on their own, ulcers can be used locally such as ice borax, tin type dispersion to relieve pain and promote oral mucosa repair. Life conditioning is also important, to achieve a balanced diet, light diet, maintain good habits, relaxation, pay attention to oral hygiene, which is also an effective way to prevent recurrent attacks. Second, traumatic ulcers 1, appearance characteristics Similar to recurrent oral ulcers, most often occurring on the buccal mucosa or tongue. 2.Where does it come from Most of them are formed due to accidental bite by teeth while eating, but it can also be caused by some sharp objects piercing the oral mucosa, such as pierced by fish spines, usually a single ulcer. 3.What does the baby feel? Eating is painful, so the baby does not want to eat. 4.What to do Local medication is the same as recurrent mouth ulcers, and the healing is faster. Mom should pay attention to control the speed of baby’s eating, don’t gobble to prevent being bitten again; when eating fish, choose the fish spines clean before feeding to baby; don’t let baby play with lollipop, chopsticks, etc. to prevent the oral mucosa from being stabbed. Third, the horse teeth 1, the appearance of the characteristics of the edge of the gums or palate, like the size of the rice grains of yellow-white blob, some like just sprouted milk teeth, the number varies. 2.Where did it come from This is not a milk tooth, but the embryonic development process of the residual epithelial cells gathered and keratinized the formation of “epithelial beads”, belongs to the normal physiological phenomenon of newborn babies. 3.What does the baby feel? Generally there is no discomfort, some babies may have local itchy and swollen feeling because of more horse teeth, and they love to bite the mother’s nipple when eating milk. 4.How to deal with it No treatment is needed, most of the horse teeth will fall off on their own within 1 month. The mother must not pick the horse teeth with a needle or wipe them with a cloth, otherwise it will damage the baby’s oral mucosa and easily cause infection. Thrush occurs on the surface of the oral mucosa as white dots or flakes that are slightly raised and vary in size, and can gradually fuse into a large area. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish thrush from the milk lumps left in the baby’s mouth after breastfeeding. The mother can gently wipe the plaque with a cotton swab, and if it is easy to wipe off, it is a milk lump, and if it is not easy to wipe off, it is thrush. 2, where to come thrush, also known as snow mouth disease, is caused by Candida albicans infection, mostly seen in small babies, especially newborns, malnutrition, diarrhea, long-term use of broad-spectrum antibiotics or hormones baby is also prone to occur. From the mother with bacteria in the birth canal, incomplete sterilization of the bottle or pacifier, contaminated daily supplies (such as clothes, diapers, toys, etc.) can make the baby infected with Candida albicans. Teething stage of the baby because of gum discomfort will often eat hands, bite things, which is also a common cause of infection. 3, what the baby feels Generally there is no obvious pain, does not affect feeding, sleep. When the disease is serious, there may be pain, and the baby will be irritable, do not like to eat milk, low fever and other phenomena. 4, response method Mycobacterium is a good medicine for thrush, dissolve 1 tablet of mycobacterium in 10 ml of plain water, or grind the tablet into a powder and mix it with the right amount of cod liver oil, and rub the baby’s thrush, apply it once every 4 hours, and it will be cured after two or three days. In addition to treatment, the baby’s personal hygiene should be done, and all kinds of utensils should be kept clean, especially bottles and pacifiers should be cleaned and disinfected by boiling. The mother should wash her hands and clean her nipples before breastfeeding. Five, map tongue 1, the appearance of round or oval red spots on the tongue, can be a single, can also be multiple; lesions can be expanded or fused with each other, there are similar to the map border-like pattern, surrounded by a white-yellow slightly raised curved edge, the center is red. The lesion site is wandering, today it looks like this, tomorrow it may change shape and location, so this disease is also known as benign wandering linguitis. 2, where the cause is not very clear, may be related to poor digestion, nutritional deficiencies (such as zinc deficiency, iron deficiency), poor health and other factors, but also may be related to intestinal parasites or gastrointestinal dysfunction, mood swings, and has a certain genetic predisposition. 3.What does the baby feel Generally no discomfort, may feel a little numb when eating stimulating food. 4, response parents better take the baby to the hospital to ask the doctor to help find the cause, and then for the cause of treatment; if you can not find the cause, there is no need to do special treatment, but pay attention to regular life, reasonable with the diet, not picky eater. The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are looking for. The small blisters break easily and form larger areas of vesicles. 2, where it comes from This is due to herpes simplex virus infection, the virus is transmitted mainly through direct contact with droplets, saliva and herpes fluid, but also indirectly through eating utensils and clothing. The mode of transmission is mainly through the respiratory tract, oral cavity, nose, conjunctiva, genital mucosa or broken skin into the baby’s body. The age of onset is most concentrated from 6 months to 2 years old. 3.What does the baby feel? Before oral mucosal herpes appears, the baby may have fever, headache, fatigue, muscle pain, swollen lymph nodes, etc. The mother will easily find that the baby has fever, no energy and does not like to play. The blisters and erosion of the oral mucosa and the ulcerated surface are painful and more serious when eating, so the baby shows salivation, crying and refusal to eat. 4, response method Herpes stomatitis is a self-limiting disease, even without any treatment, 7 to 10 days can be naturally healed. If treated, the baby can recover faster: on the one hand, systemic antiviral treatment, oral acyclovir or ribavirin; on the other hand, the oral mucosal lesions are rubbed with acyclovir ointment, tin-like dispersion, etc. For babies who have added complementary food, mothers should not give him food that is too hot and has an irritating taste to prevent stimulating the vesicular surface of herpes to aggravate the pain. Do not contact with other children to prevent transmission of the virus to others. Herpes pharyngitis 1. The herpes is mainly concentrated in the mucous membrane near the throat, ranging from several to dozens, 2-4 mm in diameter, grayish white, and surrounded by a red halo. The herpes appear for a day or two and then break down to form small yellowish-white ulcers. 2.Where does it come from It is mainly caused by coxsackie group A virus infection, which is transmitted through the respiratory tract or fecal mouth and is highly contagious. 3.What does the baby feel? It can manifest as sudden high fever, irritability, vomiting, swollen and painful lymph nodes, and due to pain in the throat, the baby has salivation and refuses to eat. And some babies have almost no systemic symptoms, just a few small herpes in the mouth, which somewhat affects eating. 4, response methods Like herpes stomatitis, herpes pharyngitis is also a self-limiting disease, the course of the disease in about 1 week. If your baby is generally well, no special treatment can be done, as long as the diet is light, drink more water, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, get more rest and pay attention to oral hygiene. The more serious cases can be treated with ribavirin and herbal medicines to clear the heat and detoxify the body. The sick baby should be isolated to prevent infection to others.