What is the treatment for oral ulcers?

Many babies will experience thrush, which is also a common oral disease among newborns. There are many reasons for babies to get thrush, such as hormone infection, the use of antibiotics by the mother during the delivery process will also increase the incidence rate, the baby's physical development is not complete, digestion is weak, physical fitness is poor, and the milk bottles used in daily life are not cleaned and disinfected in time, which are all causes of thrush, so mothers should pay special attention.

First, let’s take a look at the common factors that cause thrush in babies:

1. In the birth canal, babies are very susceptible to thrush, and after the baby is born, the infection occurs due to certain hormones.

2. If the mother uses antibiotics during the birth process, the baby's chances of contracting thrush will increase a lot.

3. Indigestion, weak constitution, and chronic diarrhea in babies can easily cause yeast proliferation, thereby inducing thrush in babies.

4. If the bottles and nipples that babies often use are not cleaned and disinfected in time, they may be moldy, which can easily cause thrush in babies.

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.

If your baby has thrush, how should you treat it?

First of all, we need to find out how the baby is infected with thrush. If it is caused by carelessness in daily life in the later stage, then the mother should try to block the infection route, that is, avoid yeast infection.