What to do if your baby has bad breath

Bad breath in babies may be caused by incomplete brushing of teeth, indigestion, thrush, etc. It can be improved by general treatment and medication.
1. Incomplete brushing of teeth: If parents brush their baby’s teeth incompletely, it may cause food to rot and emit odor, causing bad breath in babies, which generally does not require special treatment. Parents should cultivate their babies to brush their teeth in the morning and evening correctly and rinse their mouths after meals, which can improve bad breath.
2. indigestion: due to the baby’s gastrointestinal function development is not perfect, if eat too much or difficult to digest food, easy to cause indigestion, resulting in food stagnation in the gastrointestinal tract can not be discharged, resulting in bad breath. Under the guidance of the doctor, you can take Lactobacillus acidophilus tablets, Bacillus licheniformis granules and other drugs to help improve the baby’s gastrointestinal function and relieve bad breath.
3. Thrush: caused by Candida albicans infection, it is easy to cause damage to the baby’s oral mucosa, bad breath and accompanied by painful symptoms. Can be cleaned through 2% sodium bicarbonate solution in the oral cavity, and local application of drugs such as mycobacteria can improve bad breath.
When the baby has bad breath to exclude the teeth brushing is not thorough, parents should take the baby to the hospital in time, clear cause of the disease and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.