What to do if your three-year-old baby drools

If a three-year-old baby drools, parents will be worried. They may suspect that this symptom is caused by a disease and don’t know what to do. So what should you do if your three-year-old baby drools? Next, this article will introduce you to what to do if your three-year-old baby drools, for your reference only. Friends who want to know more about this can come and have a look! Please see the detailed introduction below.

What should I do if my three-year-old baby drools? Drooling is generally a normal physiological phenomenon and does not require medical treatment. Abnormal drooling, called sialorrhea or hypersalivation, is common in infancy. A few cases are caused by ulcers or dysfunction of saliva regulation and secretion. Causes of abnormal drooling: oral ulcers, bites, throat inflammation, and neurological disorders.

Drooling is common in children aged 6 months to 3 years and is mostly normal. As they grow older, their teeth erupt, the depth of their mouths increases, and infants and young children gradually learn to control excess saliva by swallowing, and the drooling phenomenon gradually disappears. The above drooling is normal. However, some children drool and cry and are restless, refuse to eat, and cry more severely when eating, or have a fever. At this time, you should carefully check the oral mucosa, i.e. the tip of the tongue, cheeks, and lips for ulcers. Ulcers can cause pain and increased salivation leading to drooling, and should be treated promptly. Some drooling is caused by sequelae of encephalitis, facial nerve paralysis and cretinism, which lead to disorders in regulating saliva secretion and swallowing function. In this case, you should go to the hospital for a clear diagnosis and treatment.

In addition to normal drooling, the baby may also have some diseases, which requires the mother to observe carefully.

1. Oral ulcers: If blisters appear on the baby's lips, corners of mouth, around the mouth, or ulcers appear on the oral mucosa or tongue, it may be oral ulcers or stomatitis, which will make the baby not want to swallow for fear of pain.

2. Throat inflammation: If the baby keeps drooling and has symptoms such as fever and runny nose, then the baby may have a cold or suffer from pharyngitis, tonsillitis, etc., which causes difficulty in swallowing.

3. Viral infection: Infection with hand, foot and mouth disease, chickenpox, etc. may cause ulcers in the mouth and around the tongue, leading to pain and difficulty swallowing.

4. Bite: If the baby accidentally bites his lips and causes damage in the mouth, it will cause pain and make the baby afraid to swallow his saliva.

5. Neurological disorders: such as mental retardation, coma, facial nerve paralysis, medullary paralysis, and sequelae of meningitis can lead to swallowing dysfunction and cause saliva to flow out.

The above is an introduction on what to do if your three-year-old baby drools. I believe that after reading the above introduction, you already know what to do if your three-year-old baby drools. Generally speaking, drooling in a three-year-old baby is a normal physiological phenomenon and parents do not need to worry. If it is caused by pathological reasons, then timely treatment is needed.