Reasons why babies always stick out their tongues

The physical health of the baby is an issue that parents are very concerned about. If there is any abnormality in the baby's body, parents will definitely be very worried. Therefore, we recommend that parents can learn some prevention and treatment methods of common infant diseases in daily life, so that once the baby has a problem, we can help the baby to receive treatment in time. Some babies will have symptoms of always sticking out their tongues. Below we will analyze the reasons why babies always stick out their tongues.

1. The most common thing is that some healthy and happy babies will stick out their tongues with a smile when they are happy. When children see delicious food, they will also stick out their tongues to lick their lips. These are all normal phenomena. This tongue sticking out will not last long and will soon return to normal. If the baby develops well and is not physically or intellectually backward, then the condition is not pathological and the child will no longer stick out his tongue as he grows older.

2. If your child often opens his mouth, sticks out his tongue, drools, and has an enlarged tongue, and the symptoms do not improve with age, you should pay attention and ask a pediatrician to give your child a comprehensive health check.

Third, there are pediatric diseases in which sticking out the tongue is a symptom. For example, "cretinism" among endocrine system diseases is characterized by the child developing a special facial feature 2-3 months after birth, with a big head, flat nose, wide nose wings, big tongue, short and thick neck, enlarged thyroid gland, tongue often sticking out of the mouth, and being abnormally quiet. As children grow older, they will show signs of growth retardation, rough and dry skin, sparse hair, low muscle tone, and a large abdomen.

Among hereditary diseases there is "congenital idiocy". Children with this disease also have special facial features: wide distance between the eyes, upward slanting eyes, flat nose, small ears, narrow hard palate, and half-open mouth. Physical development is slow, the tongue often sticks out of the mouth, and there is excessive drooling. For some children, the symptom of tongue sticking out of the mouth will be alleviated as they grow older, but the tongue will become enlarged and cracked.

In the above article, we introduced one of the things that parents are most concerned about, that is, the physical health of the baby. We recommend that parents take good care of their babies in daily life. Some babies will have symptoms of always sticking out their tongues. The above article introduces in detail the reasons why babies always stick out their tongues.