What's wrong with the white spots on the corners of the child's mouth?

From the birth to the growth of a child, mothers see every little change in life and every bit of physical growth, and they start to worry if there is something wrong. Some children have white spots at the corners of their mouths. What is going on? This problem makes mothers extremely worried. Next, this article introduces what is going on with white spots on baby's lips

When your baby has white spots on his lips, the first thing to consider is whether it is hand, foot and mouth disease. After confirming that it is not hand, foot and mouth disease, it is likely to be mucosal leukoplakia. If there are white spots on the lips, you should first pay attention to removing local irritants, such as improving oral hygiene and treating diseased teeth. Generally speaking, white spots on the lips can often disappear with simple symptomatic treatment with medication.

1. The symptoms of small white spots on the lips occur in children. The first thing to consider is whether the white spots on the lips are caused by hand, foot and mouth disease. Especially for children under five years old, small white spots may appear on their lips at the same time as symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease. Children with hand, foot and mouth disease will not only have small white spots on their lips, but will also develop herpes on their hands, feet, mouth and other parts of their body. In addition, there are some other features, but they are not obvious. Therefore, if the small white spots on the lips appear at the same time as hand, foot and mouth herpes, hand, foot and mouth disease should be treated.

2. The white spots on the lips may be leukoplakia, which is white patches occurring on the mucosa. However, as a disease, it mainly refers to those leukoplakia characterized by hyperkeratosis and epithelial hyperplasia. For example, vitiligo can also occur on the mucosa, but its histological changes are mainly depigmentation, and generally there is no manifestation such as hyperkeratosis, so it does not belong to mucosal leukoplakia. Leukoplakia in dermatology includes lesions in the oral cavity and vulva. In the past, many medical scientists regarded leukoplakia as precancerous lesions, but a large number of observations and studies have proved that most leukoplakia are benign lesions.

3. There are many white spot diseases in life, among which vitiligo is a common one, but the appearance of white spots does not necessarily mean it is vitiligo. Because other skin diseases can also cause white spots, such as anemic nevus, achromatic nevus, tinea versicolor and other white spot diseases can easily be confused with vitiligo. Therefore, it is recommended that parents should seek professional diagnosis for their children in time after they find white spots on their baby's skin to avoid delaying the disease.