Bad breath ≠ getting angry! Be alert to these diseases, and you will benefit early.

Some babies look very loving, and the years when they don't mess around are quiet, but once they talk, they can make you doubt life instantly, because …

No, my best friend complained to me two days ago: I thought only an old smoker like her father would have bad breath, but I didn't expect such a young child to have it. What do you think you can do after this? !

I can understand the feelings of my best friend, because Doudou's mouth stinks to death for a while, and I even wonder if he ate Baba secretly.

Why do children have bad breath? How should parents respond? Next, mother bean will tell you more about it.

When it comes to bad breath, many parents' first reaction is: Is it getting angry? So I began to think of ways to "reduce the fire" and deodorize the children.

Parents who have this idea probably don't understand what bad breath is all about.

Bad breath (also called breath) actually refers to the smell emitted from the mouth or other air-filled cavities, such as nasal cavity, sinus and pharynx.

Biological halitosis and pathological halitosis can be divided into oral halitosis and non-oral halitosis.

Its odor mainly comes from volatile sulfide (VSC).

What is getting angry?

There is no concept and diagnosis of "excessive internal heat" in modern medicine. However, in the folk, the body appears slightly abnormal heat, such as thirst, aphtha, swollen gums, constipation, etc., which is usually called "getting angry".

Simply put, getting angry can be understood as a general term for various symptoms. Therefore, it is not accurate to think that bad breath is caused by excessive internal heat.

If you find that your child has bad breath, don't think that the child is "sick" as soon as he comes up. You can check whether it is physiological bad breath from the following aspects.

1. Is oral cleaning in place?

Just because children brush their teeth every day doesn't mean that oral cleaning is done. Think carefully about whether the child brushes his teeth correctly, gargles after meals, flosses his teeth and cleans his tongue coating. ...

If these are not done well, milk and food residues will remain in teeth, periodontal and other parts and become nutrients for cultivating oral bacteria. Bacteria will produce unpleasant smell in the process of continuous fermentation, so children will have obvious breath.

Coping methods:

The American Dental Association (ADA) suggests that babies should start brushing their teeth when their first deciduous teeth erupt. Here is a simple and effective arc brush method suitable for children:

If the baby is young and has no teeth, he can only clean his mouth and tongue coating. The specific method is as follows:

2. Did you eat stimulating food?

If the child's mouth is clean, but it still stinks, we can also find the reason from the diet.

Irritating foods such as onions, ginger, garlic, leeks and stinky tofu can also cause short-term bad breath if eaten too much.

Coping methods:

Eat less irritating food for children; Rinse your mouth in time after eating; Besides brushing teeth, older babies can floss their teeth.

3. What's with the mouth?

Lack of water in the mouth will reduce self-purification ability.

We know that there are many bacteria in the mouth, and saliva has the functions of cleaning the mouth, sterilization and bacteriostasis. If children drink less water or often open their mouths to breathe, it will lead to less saliva and weaken the inhibitory effect on oral bacteria.

At this time, a large number of bacteria multiply, which will produce irritating gases and cause bad breath. This is why bad breath is particularly obvious in the morning.

Coping methods:

If the child only breathes with his mouth open occasionally, such as a blocked nose, parents don't have to worry; If you breathe with your mouth open for a long time, you can consciously train your child to breathe with his mouth closed during the day.

What needs special attention here is that children are likely to stuff small particles such as beads and beans into the nasal cavity because of curiosity, which will aggravate oral breathing; At the same time, foreign bodies in the nasal cavity are also easy to breed bacteria, produce unpleasant smells, and then exhale from the mouth. Therefore, parents should try to avoid children from touching small particles.

In addition, it is necessary to replenish water in time to keep the mouth moist.

It should be noted that the water consumption here refers to the total amount of water that children need to consume, not just the amount that children need to drink every day.

If all the above three points are done, but the child's bad breath is still not getting better, then the cause should be considered.

As we said before, pathological halitosis can be divided into two categories: oral halitosis and non-oral halitosis. Studies have shown that 80%~90% of halitosis belongs to oral halitosis.

For example, tooth decay, dental plaque, periodontal disease, oral ulcer and oral candida infection (thrush) are the root causes of bad breath.

Therefore, in addition to oral cleaning every day, Ms. Dou suggested taking her children for oral examination in time to achieve early prevention, early detection and early treatment.

If the baby's oral hygiene is very good and there are no oral diseases such as tooth decay, then it is necessary to consider non-oral bad breath.

Common ones are as follows:

1. Gastroesophageal reflux

Gastroesophageal reflux, to put it bluntly, is that the food overflowed again.

The food that the baby eats, mixed with gastric acid and some secretions, will have a taste after flowing back and will become bad breath.

Small-month-old baby, because the sphincter of cardia is still loose, the stomach is still in a horizontal state. If you eat too much or lie flat immediately after eating, you will overflow milk because of reflux.

Slight reflux, if it doesn't affect your baby's normal diet, sleep and activities, don't worry too much. As the baby grows up, reflux will gradually decrease or disappear.

Of course, we can also avoid such problems through some simple adjustments.

Coping methods:

Pay attention to the posture of holding the breast when feeding, and let the baby put the nipple and areola in his mouth to prevent the air from swallowing too much and spilling milk when feeding. If it is bottle-fed, make sure there is no air in the nipple.

After feeding, lean back on the back of the chair, sit back 45 degrees, and let the baby lie on his shoulders vertically (10~ 15 minutes), so that his head and face are higher than his shoulders.

After such a period of time, helping the baby burp and lying on the right side after burping will also help reduce the occurrence of milk overflow.

If the baby cries or even has apnea after reflux, it is likely to be pathological gastroesophageal reflux. It is recommended to seek medical advice in time.

2. Dyspepsia

The development of the baby's digestive organs is not perfect, the secretion of digestive enzymes is not enough, the function is not perfect, and the mucosa in the gastrointestinal tract is still very delicate.

Especially, improper feeding will damage the baby's stomach, resulting in bad breath, abdominal distension, loose stool and sour smell.

Coping methods:

It's simple. Just eat it right. Let's review the principle of adding complementary food.

In addition, under the premise of a balanced diet, children can eat more fresh fruits and vegetables such as celery and citrus to cover up their breath. At the same time, be careful not to chew and feed, and separate food and tableware for adults and children.

If the child has loss of appetite, slow weight gain or even decline due to indigestion, he needs to seek medical attention in time.

In addition, when children have tonsillitis, rhinitis, sinus infection and other diseases, they will also have bad breath. At this time, they should also seek medical treatment in time.

Although bad breath will not have a particularly serious impact on the body, it will affect children's social interaction, so our parents need to pay attention to their baby's oral hygiene and health from an early age.

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