What causes bad breath in a two-year-old baby?

From the time children stop drinking breast milk, they will be exposed to some human corruption. At this time, if they eat snacks such as biscuits and don't pay attention to brushing their teeth and rinsing their mouths, you will often find that there is a smell in the baby's mouth when he wakes up in the morning. This is the phenomenon of bad breath. There are many factors that cause bad breath in children, most of which come from improper diet and indigestion, and the cause needs to be found out and treated.

Why do babies have bad breath?

1. Improper feeding: Parents’ inappropriate feeding methods cause disruption to the baby’s gastrointestinal function.

2. Gastrointestinal inflammation: Food contaminated by bacteria can cause inflammation of the child's gastrointestinal tract.

3. Abuse of antibiotics: If children use excessive amounts of antibiotics, it will cause an imbalance in the gastrointestinal flora, with normal flora being suppressed while other flora continue to multiply.

4. Weather changes: As the climate turns colder, children’s immunity becomes lower and if their abdomen catches a cold, they may suffer from indigestion.

What are the symptoms of bad breath in babies?

1. Diarrhea

There are two types of indigestion: simple and toxic.

· Simplicity

The child has diarrhea less than ten times a day, the stool is less watery, yellow, sometimes green, and the abdomen is bloated. The child sometimes vomits, but the frequency is very low. The fever does not occur often and the temperature is not too high. Although the appetite is poor, the complexion is good.

Toxicity

This is a more serious form of indigestion, which occurs suddenly and the child's temperature is higher when he has a fever. The frequency of diarrhea is high, usually around twenty times a day, and some children may have more times. In addition, the stool contains more water, usually in the form of water or egg drop soup. Children may vomit frequently, up to ten times a day or more, and become severely dehydrated. When the condition is more serious, symptoms such as convulsions and loss of consciousness may also occur. Parents must pay attention to this situation and take their children to the doctor in time, otherwise, this disease may cause the death of the child.

2. Foul-smelling stool

There are a lot of food residues in the baby's stomach and intestines. Although diarrhea has not occurred yet, in order to avoid such a situation, parents need to adjust the child's diet in time and appropriately reduce the child's food intake.

3. Refusing to eat

If the baby occasionally has a loss of appetite, parents can reduce the baby's food intake or let him skip a meal.

4. Restless sleep

The baby sleeps restlessly at night, often cries and has hot palms; he lifts up his clothes and kicks off the quilt when sleeping. In addition, when falling asleep, there will be a lot of sweat on the head. This is because there is a large amount of undigested food in the baby's gastrointestinal tract, and these foods will generate internal heat. Parents should be careful not to let their children eat too much at dinner, especially after adding complementary foods, and especially children around one year old, they should not be allowed to eat too much before going to bed.