Young children often have he alth problems. When a baby cries, indicating pain in the mouth, many parents think that it is teething. But this is not always the case. Your child may have stomatitis. Symptoms in children can manifest themselves in different ways, as there are several varieties of the disease. We will help you determine what specific type of stomatitis your child has encountered and how to cure the disease.
Varieties of stomatitis
Since stomatitis is a disease that destroys the mucous membrane of the mouth, it should be understood that it can be caused by various pathogens. What caused the infection determines what kind of stomatitis your child has. In children, the symptoms differ depending on the type of disease. Most often, herpetic stomatitis occurs in babies - in about 80% of cases. Your child may have contracted the infection from another person he or she had close contact with or ate from the same dish, as it is transmitted by airborne droplets. In this case, the child has a fever and general weakness. White sores pop up in and around the mouth,the gums and tongue turn red, and the lymph nodes near the jaw become inflamed. Possible runny nose. In this case, the drug "Acyclovir" is prescribed, and when the mucous membrane begins to heal a little, rinses with medicinal herbs are prescribed. If, in addition to the wounds, the child's lips are covered with a yellow film, then this is stomatitis already caused by microbes.
In children, symptoms also include weakness and fever. Such stomatitis could be caused by taking antibiotics, so it may be worth abandoning them before treatment. This disease is not necessarily caused by an infection. It is possible that the sores in the mouth appeared due to the fact that the child bit his lip or tongue, or injured the mucous membrane with a toy, pen, etc. In this case, stomatitis in children, whose symptoms may include muscle pain and fever (even in the absence of fever), is treated with anti-inflammatory drugs. Initially, the wound is treated with an antiseptic and, of course, the child is isolated from objects that can cause injury. If your offspring is prone to allergies, then it is quite possible that it was because of this that he developed stomatitis.
In children, the symptoms of viral stomatitis manifest themselves precisely as an allergy. If neither microbes, nor trauma, nor infection were the cause of the disease, then in this case it is aphthous stomatitis in children. The treatment consists in anesthetizing the wounds, since very intense pains are observed with this type of disease, and in their disinfection. Interestingly, the causes of aphthous stomatitis are not clear. But most likely this is due to a lot of stress and worries.
See a doctor
With any kind of disease, you should beware of exposure to alkalis and acids on wounds. This can only aggravate the disease. In any case, only a specialist can diagnose the disease. Don't ignore doctor visits so your child doesn't suffer complications.
