What to do if your 4-year-old child drools

Children may develop various bad habits. Recently, the phenomenon of drooling in 4-year-old children has suddenly increased. The phenomenon of drooling makes our mothers very anxious. Many mothers hope that our children can grow up healthy and happy. They are definitely not familiar with the treatment methods for drooling in 4-year-old children. Let us learn about the treatment methods for drooling in 4-year-old children. I hope everyone can have some understanding.

1. First of all, it may be due to improper sleeping posture. Sleeping on the table or sleeping on your side can easily cause drooling.

2. Secondly, inflammation in the mouth will also promote saliva secretion. If the mouth is infected by bacteria, there will be obvious pain and drooling. Local medication is needed to promote ulcer healing and the drooling will disappear automatically.

3. Dental deformity is the third cause of drooling while sleeping. Especially for patients with convex tooth deformity, the front teeth protrude more obviously, and the lips are often open and the teeth are exposed. It is difficult for the lips to completely cover the front teeth when sleeping, and the upper and lower lips often separate naturally, which makes it easy to drool. It is best for such patients to correct their teeth as soon as possible.

4. In addition to the above-mentioned oral problems, some systemic diseases may also cause drooling while sleeping. Some patients with neurosis or other systemic diseases that may cause autonomic nervous system disorders may also experience abnormal excitement of the parasympathetic nervous system during sleep, which may cause the brain to send erroneous signals and lead to increased saliva secretion.

5. In addition, one of the side effects of taking certain anti-epileptic drugs is drooling, so you need to be careful when choosing drugs.

Saliva, medically known as spit, is a colorless, transparent, foamy, slightly turbid liquid. The amount of saliva secretion is similar to that of urine, averaging about 1,500 ml per day.

Drooling while sleeping is generally caused by the following factors:

1. Poor oral hygiene: The temperature and humidity in the mouth are most suitable for the reproduction of bacteria. The accumulation of food residues or sugar substances in the gaps between teeth and on the tooth surfaces can easily lead to caries and periodontal disease. These adverse factors are stimulating and can cause drooling while sleeping.

2. Malformation of front teeth: This may be due to genetic factors and acquired bad habits, such as biting nails, sticking out tongue, biting pencil heads, etc., which cause deformity of front teeth and drooling while sleeping.

3. Neuroregulatory disorders: The regulation of saliva secretion is completely neuroreflexive. The so-called "looking at the plum to quench thirst" is an example of conditioned reflex saliva secretion in daily life. Therefore, disorders in neural regulation may also cause drooling while sleeping.

6. First of all, you should pay attention to oral hygiene and develop the habit of brushing your teeth in the morning and evening and rinsing your mouth after meals. You can also consult a dentist, use cleaning therapy to remove tartar, take vitamins C and B2 and other medicines to eliminate gingivitis and reduce adverse stimulation.

The above content introduces us to the treatment method of drooling in 4-year-old children. For this phenomenon in children, treatment should neither be hasty nor allowed to continue to worsen. We need to take good care of our children's health and at the same time do more physical exercise to enhance our children's physical fitness.