Two-year-old baby has thick white tongue coating and bad breath

If a two-year-old baby has a tongue coating, he should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. If some white particles appear in the baby's mouth, you should be alert to whether he has thrush and should go to the hospital for examination. Then, if bad breath occurs, it is mostly caused by getting angry. You should give the baby more water and avoid eating too greasy food. Symptomatic medication should be used afterwards.

Two-year-old baby has thick white tongue coating and bad breath

If your baby has bad breath and thick and greasy tongue coating, it may be caused by getting too hot. It is recommended that you drink more water and eat more fruits and vegetables.

In severe cases, small white spots may appear on the inner wall of the baby's mouth, or there may be yellow-white marks near the corners of the mouth. This is called thrush, and medication is needed.

However, parents often worry, will tongue coating have an impact on the baby's health? Generally speaking, tongue coating will not affect the baby's health, nor will it affect the appetite. Usually after the baby is three months old, the tongue coating will gradually improve, so parents don't need to worry too much. However, it is worth mentioning that if a baby or even an adult has poor gastrointestinal digestion function, the tongue coating will be thicker and will persist.

In addition, in traditional Chinese medicine, the thickness and color of a baby's tongue coating are often used to identify the baby's health condition. Generally speaking, the color of the tongue coating of a healthy person should be "light red tongue texture and thin white tongue coating". If the tongue coating changes from thin to thick, and from less to more, it means that the disease in the person's body is ongoing; on the contrary, if it changes from thick to thin, and from more to less, it means that the disease is gradually subsiding. If the tongue coating is white, it means constipation or gastrointestinal disease; if it is dark brown, it may indicate gastritis; if it is black, it means a serious fever (usually caused by an overdose of antibiotics); if it is dry and flaky, it indicates a serious lack of nutrition in the body.

Baby care attention

1. Baby has rash

It is very common for babies to have rashes on their buttocks. Parents should not make a fuss when encountering this situation. There are various reasons for a baby's rash on his butt. It may be that the baby's diaper rubs against the baby's butt, causing the rash; it may also be that the baby often lies down and does not move, so the butt is not exposed to air, which makes it easy to get a rash; it may also be related to breast milk. Therefore, mothers should remember to change their baby's diapers frequently and not let their babies often wear wet diapers. Also, remember to hold their babies frequently and not let them lie down all the time. Finally, mothers should also pay attention to their own diet so as to give their babies the best quality breast milk.

2. Baby spits up milk

It is very common for babies to spit up milk. There are many reasons why babies spit up milk. It may be that the baby eats too fast, causing the baby to be unable to swallow in time; it may also be that the baby is too full; finally, the baby may be feeling unwell. When babies spit up milk, mothers should first pay attention to whether the baby is sick, whether the baby's body temperature is normal, whether the baby likes to cry, and then consider whether the baby is too full.

3. The baby likes to cry

Because babies are young, they cannot express their discomfort, so when they are hungry, have poop, or are sick, they like to cry. So parents should not think that the baby is sick when they hear the baby crying. Maybe the baby is hungry, or the baby may have urinated or defecated.