The child sleep drooling may be both physiological and pathological factors.
1. Physiological factors: 3-6 months of children due to the salivary glands secrete more saliva, the child’s oral cavity capacity is small, in the sleep of the swallowing function is affected, there may be the case of drooling, this is a normal physiological phenomenon, with the age of the improvement will gradually improve.
2. Pathological factors: most commonly seen in oral diseases such as oral ulcers, thrush, gingivitis and so on. Other diseases such as hypothyroidism or cerebral palsy caused by brain damage can lead to drooling in the child’s sleep.
There are many reasons why children drool in their sleep, which need to be combined with other accompanying symptoms, it is recommended to improve the relevant examination under the guidance of the doctor, to clarify the specific causes of the disease, so as to systematically treat.