What to do if your baby's tongue is black

We all know that if a baby is healthy, the normal tongue coating is pink. However, many parents have reported that sometimes their baby's tongue coating turns black. Because the baby cannot explain their own situation clearly, they are always very anxious. So why does the baby's tongue coating turn black? What should I do if my baby’s tongue coating is black? How should we deal with the problem of baby's black tongue coating in daily life? Today we invited relevant experts to introduce what to do when the baby's tongue coating is black?

Black tongue coating: It is mainly caused by the proliferation and darkening of the filiform papillae of the tongue. There are different shades of brown, gray, charred, and even pitch black. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that if a patient has this kind of tongue coating, the illness must be of a long duration and the disease is complex and serious.

The black coating on the baby's tongue is likely an external manifestation of the accumulation of toxins in the intestines caused by long-term constipation. The black coating on the baby's tongue may also be related to the food he eats. The tongue coating is black or dark brown with thorns, also known as black hairy tongue. It is caused by the entanglement of fungal hyphae and keratinization of epithelial cells on the filiform papillae on the tongue surface. Gray or black coating on the tongue is a sign of fever, excessive internal heat, etc.

If you are exclusively breastfeeding, it may also be related to the mother's diet. The mother should eat more fruits and vegetables, avoid spicy food, avoid food that causes heat, and avoid eating too much meat. If the baby is fed with milk powder, you can feed some Qinghuobao or honeysuckle dew, or some Xiaoer Jianpi Powder or Huaji Oral Liquid, and feed the baby more water. If the tongue is thick, you can wrap cotton gauze in your hands and gently clean it for the baby.

Treatment methods: 1. Add more easily digestible and vitamin-rich foods to avoid stagnation in the baby's stomach. 2. You can feed your baby vegetable and fruit purees, and mix fruit juice for your baby to drink to relieve the baby's dry stool. 3. If you are worried, you can take your baby to the hospital for treatment.

The above are the causes and treatments of black tongue coating in babies. The black coating on the baby's tongue is actually closely related to the baby's immature digestive system. In daily life, we should give the baby as much boiled water as possible and eat more fruits and vegetables. Especially breastfeeding mothers should pay more attention to their diet, eat less spicy food as much as possible, and do not breastfeed the baby when they are suffering from internal heat. If the baby's tongue coating is very black, go to a regular children's hospital as early as possible to achieve early detection and early treatment. I wish all babies can grow up healthily.