What to do if your one-year-old baby has thrush

If a one-year-old baby has thrush, you should pay attention to treatment at this time. It can be treated with gentian violet. If it is more serious, it can also be treated with antifungal drugs. In addition, if the baby has a fever, take appropriate treatment methods according to the temperature. If it is serious, you should seek medical attention in time. Care should be strengthened in daily life, and parents should pay attention to the baby's oral hygiene.

What to do if your one-year-old baby has thrush

1. It is best if everything you give your baby is disposable, but this may not be realistic, so pacifiers that your baby frequently uses must be scalded at high temperature and sterilized before they can be used again.

2. Fingers, toys, etc. that the baby may put into his mouth should be boiled in boiling water frequently for disinfection and cleaning.

3. If necessary, the dropper used to feed the baby medicine also needs to be disinfected frequently, at least it needs to be disinfected again after use and before use.

4. Baby’s clothes also need to be changed and washed frequently.

5. If the mother is breastfeeding, she should wash her hands and clean her nipples before feeding.

6. Do not feed water to your baby directly with his mouth, and do not wipe your baby's mouth with unclean cloth.

7. After feeding your baby each time, you can feed him some warm water to rinse out the residual milk in the baby's mouth and prevent the growth of mold.

8. If your baby uses a pacifier, it is best to stop using it during the period of thrush. This is also a good time to quit this habit. Because the baby's long-term sucking will prolong the disease.

9. If your baby already has thrush, you can use 2% to 3% sodium bicarbonate to clean the baby's mouth, and apply some ice pentandra powder and borax glycerin on the baby's mouth, 3 to 4 times a day.

How to tell if your baby has thrush

Thrush is easy to detect. New mothers can easily determine whether their baby has thrush without the need for a special diagnosis from a doctor.

If the mother finds small white spots on the inside of the baby's mouth, sometimes the spots can also be found on the baby's tongue. At this time, the mother can use a clean finger or cotton swab to gently try to remove these white spots.

If they are easy to clean, then they are just milk residues. If these white spots are difficult to clean and the baby's mouth is accompanied by bleeding symptoms, then it is very likely that it is thrush bacteria.

In addition, if thrush develops, the baby may have a slight fever, be irritable, cry, and not like to breastfeed. At this time, the mother should pay more attention.

When breastfeeding, mothers should pay more attention to the baby's mouth. If white spots are found in the baby's mouth, stop and take a closer look. If white spots are still seen, the baby is likely infected with thrush.

Then the mother must remove these spots immediately. Although these small white spots do not hurt or itch, they cannot be allowed to continue to grow in the baby's mouth.