How to treat children’s thick white tongue coating?

The problem of thick white tongue coating is very common in life, and this symptom occurs in people of all ages, especially children who have poor resistance. If parents do not feed their children correctly, thick white tongue coating will easily appear. Children lack awareness of their own physical health. At this time, parents can help their children take the following conditioning methods.

How to treat children’s thick white tongue coating?

Adults will feel uncomfortable when they have thick white tongue coating, let alone babies. A baby's thick white tongue coating can also affect his mood when drinking milk, so if you find that your baby has a thick white tongue coating, you should clean it up in time.

1. Rinse your mouth with warm water

Every time after drinking milk, the baby should rinse his mouth with warm water to clean the remaining milk on the tongue, so as to avoid the residue causing thick white tongue coating. In addition to cleaning the tongue coating, gargling frequently can also dilute the acid in the baby's mouth to prevent bacteria from growing in the mouth.

2. Wipe with gauze

Dip a sterilized gauze in warm water and gently wipe your baby's tongue to help remove the tongue coating. However, be careful not to get too close to the throat during the wiping process to prevent the baby from vomiting.

3. Use silicone teeth caps

You can use a silicone teeth cap specially made for babies. It looks similar to a toothbrush and can be put on your fingers to help your baby brush away the tongue coating and residue. However, because the baby's tongue is relatively soft, you should not use too much force to avoid hurting the baby's tongue.

4. Finger cot cleaning

Before your baby starts to grow teeth, you can use your finger sleeves to gently massage your baby's gums. This can prevent the gums from becoming red and swollen when your baby's teeth first start to grow.

How to treat baby’s thick white tongue coating?

Once the baby's tongue coating appears thick and white, after ruling out the residue of dairy products, you should also pay attention to conditioning in daily life.

1. Control your baby’s food intake

The baby's thick white tongue coating is closely related to his usual eating habits. You need to control your baby’s food intake. If your baby eats too much of his favorite food, it will cause digestive system dysfunction, resulting in a thick white tongue coating.

2. Eat less greasy food

The baby's digestive system is very fragile compared to that of an adult. Too greasy food is difficult to digest and can easily lead to indigestion in the baby, causing thick white tongue coating. In terms of diet, you should choose more light and easy-to-digest foods, such as radishes, tomatoes, mung beans, porridge, etc. In addition, it is also very important for babies to drink more water.

3. Drink more easily digestible porridge

Porridge is a very healthy food for babies. Millet porridge cooked by mothers can not only protect the baby's stomach and intestines, but also help digestion. Drinking more porridge can relieve your baby's indigestion and thus relieve the symptoms of thick white tongue coating.

4. Avoid spicy food

Spicy food is very irritating to the baby's stomach and intestines. A bad stomach and intestines will naturally cause a thick white tongue coating. So we should focus on a light diet.