What’s wrong with a child who sleeps and spits up white foam?

White foamy vomiting in a child’s sleep can be caused by oral herpes, pediatric pneumonia, convulsions, or it can be caused by physiological factors.
1. Observe your child’s mouth for problems such as herpes, ulcers, red gums, etc. These diseases can cause an increase in oral secretion of saliva and consequent foaming at the mouth.
2. Some children are not obvious in the manifestation of pneumonia itself, which may be manifested as foaming at the mouth in the early stage, if accompanied by other lung manifestations need to consult the doctor in time.
3. The child will also foam at the mouth when convulsing, and accompanied by increased muscle tone, cyanosis and so on.
4. Some children with high oral secretion of saliva and imperfect swallowing ability will foam at the mouth, which is normal.
Children with foaming at the mouth need timely attention, if necessary, consult a doctor to identify the cause of the disease, symptomatic treatment.