What causes a child’s tongue to have thick white coating? The reasons are many and complex

Some babies' tongue coating looks white and is obviously thicker. This is an abnormal phenomenon. It at least indicates that there is a problem with the baby's digestive system. For example, some babies secrete less gastric acid and have a very low ability to digest some foods.

1. What is the reason for the baby's thick white tongue coating?

The thick white coating on the baby's tongue means that the digestive system is still immature, the secretion of gastric acid and digestive enzymes is less, and the activity of digestive enzymes is low, making it difficult for them to adapt to large changes in the quality and quantity of food. In addition, the nervous system's regulatory function on the gastrointestinal tract is poor, and the immune function is poor, making it very easy for them to suffer from indigestion. The child's tongue coating is thick and white, and he has indigestion, which is what Chinese medicine calls weak spleen and stomach. Give your child more boiled water, observe whether his stool is dry, give him some medicine to help digestion, and he will be fine after some conditioning.

2. What to do if your baby has a thick white tongue coating

Physical discomfort will also be directly reflected in the tongue coating, such as some diseases of the digestive system, or the child's bad eating habits, often eating too much before going to bed, these will affect the child's digestion. At this time, you can help the child massage the abdomen and pat his back, which will also help the child's digestion. Many children have thick white tongue coating due to indigestion. Their intestinal function is not very good, but they eat too much food, which leads to poor digestion. If the baby's tongue coating is thick white due to indigestion, it is best to control the child's diet on a daily basis and pay more attention to letting him eat easily digestible food.

3. See your baby's health status from the tongue coating

When your baby goes to the hospital to see a doctor, the doctor always likes to look at the baby's tongue coating. In fact, the color, shape, and thickness of the baby's tongue coating are actually a mirror of the baby's health, so parents may wish to learn to observe the changes in the baby's tongue to judge the baby's health status!

Severe internal heat: less tongue coating and red tongue

A normal and healthy baby's tongue should be of moderate size, soft, light pink and moist, able to flex and move freely, speak clearly, and have a thin coating of moderate dryness and wetness on the surface of the tongue, and no odor in the mouth. Once the baby becomes sick, the tongue quality and tongue coating will change accordingly. If your baby has a cold and fever, the first symptom is a red tongue with a slightly thick yellow-white tongue coating. If the fever is high, the tongue is crimson and the tongue coating is dry, it means that the baby has severe heat and is losing body fluids.

Fever is often accompanied by dry stools, and babies often have a stronger odor in their mouth. This situation usually indicates that the baby has severe internal heat, and the mother should pay attention to it. In babies with severe fever, thick red thorns can sometimes be seen on their tongues.