My baby has bad breath, what's going on?

Nowadays, many parents report that their babies have bad breath. We all know that there are many reasons for bad breath. It may be due to indigestion, constipation, etc. So why do babies have bad breath? Many parents are confused about this. So, today we will introduce to you what is going on when your baby has bad breath. Let’s take a look together below.

Children's digestive organs are not fully developed, digestive juices are not secreted enough, enzymes are not fully functioning, the stomach and intestinal mucosa are tender, and the digestive function is relatively weak. If parents cannot feed their children properly and give them everything to eat, the quality and quantity of their diet will be inappropriate, damaging their stomach and intestines. The children will then have symptoms of indigestion (food damage), such as bloating, vomiting, loose stools with a sour and smelly smell, and a large amount of undigested food residues.

Causes

① Improper feeding causes gastrointestinal dysfunction.

②Gastrointestinal inflammation. Infants and young children eat food contaminated by bacteria, which causes gastrointestinal inflammation.

③ The abuse of antibiotics causes imbalance in the gastrointestinal flora, in which normal bacteria, such as lactobacilli, are inhibited, while miscellaneous bacteria grow and multiply in large numbers.

④When the weather gets colder, the body's resistance is low and a cold stomach can cause indigestion.

Classification

The first type is called sulfur halitosis. Sulfur halitosis is mostly caused by the decomposition of substances in the mouth, which produces sulfides with a special smell, thus causing bad breath. Sulfur halitosis is mostly local, among which volatile sulfides are the important components that cause bad breath.

The second type is called ammonia halitosis, which is not as simple as sulfur halitosis. It is often an external reflection of physical illness. For example, most of the types of illness are caused by stomach diseases and are purely pathological halitosis. Moreover, its characteristic is that regardless of whether one has stomach disease or not, bad breath can occur as long as there is a certain number of Helicobacter pylori infection in the stomach.

Children with damp-heat in the stomach meridian will have a red tongue, yellow tongue coating, bad breath, irritability, and restless sleep. Many children also have dry stools. You can take some heat-clearing and dampness-drying medicine under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner. Such as 6 grams of Gardenia, 10 grams of Erhua, 6 grams of Perilla frutescens, 6 grams of Patchouli, and 2 grams of Rhubarb for dry stool. When decocting, soak it in water for 20 minutes. After decocting for 15 minutes, pour out the juice and add appropriate amount of sugar before taking. This recipe is for a daily dose for children around 3 years old, and should be taken twice a day, morning and evening.

The above is what professionals tell us about why babies have bad breath. As parents, we must pay attention to our baby’s health. From the above, we can see that baby’s bad breath may be caused by many reasons, so we cannot ignore this problem and give our baby a healthy life. I hope the above content can help you.