Children’s whimpering in their sleep may be related to physiological factors such as hunger and over-excitement, as well as symptoms such as oral herpes simplex and gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD).
1. Physiological factors: When the child is in a state of excessive hunger and mental over-excitement, the phenomenon of sleep whimpering may occur. For some infants, due to the cerebral cortex is not yet fully developed, the central nervous system can not effectively control the facial muscles and a transient unconscious behavior, can be manifested as sleep whimpering, which is a normal situation.
2. Oral Herpes Simplex: Oral Herpes Simplex is caused by infection with Herpes Simplex Virus Type I. It often causes fever, headache, and a feeling of fatigue. It often causes fever, headache, sore throat, enlarged local lymph nodes, salivation (drooling), irritability, etc., and some children will have sleep whimpering because of salivation.
3. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): If a child suffers from GERD, he or she may experience sleep whimpering due to the reflux of gastric contents into the oral cavity, accompanied by other symptoms such as chest pain, difficulty swallowing, sore throat, chest tightness and shortness of breath, and bad taste in the mouth. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in children is mainly related to the decrease of esophageal clearance and the decrease of the barrier function of the esophageal mucosa.
The child’s sleep whining mouth, but also with oral ulcers, neurodevelopmental abnormalities, pulpitis, etc., if the child accompanied by other symptoms of discomfort, parents should be taken to the doctor as soon as possible.