What should I do if my baby’s mouth is swollen?

If the baby’s mouth skin is cracked and swollen, general treatment, medication and surgery can be carried out to improve the symptoms according to the severity of the trauma.
1. General treatment: If the baby’s symptoms are relatively mild, without obvious skin lesions, you can use cold towel or ice to apply ice within 24 hours of the injury, and use hot towel after 24 hours to promote blood circulation and hematoma absorption, and try to take a light fluid or semi-fluid food as the main focus, and avoid eating hard, stimulating food.
2. medication: if the baby just a little bit of skin rupture, did not cause obvious cracks, should pay attention to wound care, can use povidone iodine, iodophor to clean, disinfect the wound, about 2-3 times a day, to keep the wound clean and dry, can also be used locally topical rehabilitation of the new liquid, recombinant human epidermal growth factor, etc. for treatment. Patients with wound infection can use antibiotics, such as amoxicillin, cefixime and other anti-infection treatment.
3. Surgery: For patients with more serious wounds or more bleeding that is difficult to stop, surgical suture treatment can be carried out to improve the symptoms.
It is recommended that patients strictly follow the doctor’s instructions for medication, actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, pay attention to observe the changes in the affected area in life, if the symptoms continue to worsen or other discomforts, you should promptly seek medical attention.