Eight-month-old baby grinding teeth

If babies do not pay attention to hygiene when eating, it is easy for roundworms to breed in their stomachs. For example, some babies will eat food directly with their hands after playing with mud. If mothers find this, they must stop them in time, otherwise the babies are likely to eat insect eggs into their stomachs.

1. What is the reason for the eight-month-old baby's teeth grinding and making a squeaking sound?

1. When the baby is teething, her gums will feel a little itchy and she will always want to bite something. You should give her some teething sticks or other biscuits to eat. If this is not the reason, it is possible that the baby has roundworms in her stomach. You should take her to see a doctor and give her some anti-worm medicine. It may also be caused by calcium deficiency in the baby. It is recommended to give the baby oral lysine calcium phosphate granules and vitamin AD drops to supplement calcium. Let your baby drink more water and get more sun.

2. Symptoms of worms in baby's stomach

Parents may have heard many descriptions of the symptoms of roundworms in their children's stomachs, such as easy hunger or picky eating, loss of appetite, teeth grinding, white spots on the face, and weight loss. In fact, these are not specific characteristics of children suffering from ascariasis, because these conditions may also occur in other diseases.

Rub the abdomen: When children often experience abdominal pain in the upper abdomen and around the navel, let the child lie flat on the bed and the parents help the child rub his or her stomach for a while. If your child's stomach feels soft and his abdominal muscles are not tense, and he likes to massage his stomach, and the pain goes away after rubbing his stomach, then it can be basically determined that the child has roundworms in his stomach.

2. Go to the hospital for a simple egg test

The most accurate method is for parents to take their children to the hospital for worm egg testing. If parents observe that their children are grinding their teeth or have white spots on their faces, they may associate it with ascariasis and blindly buy anthelmintics for their children. This is not advisable. When parents suspect that their child has ascariasis, they should take the child to the hospital for a stool test to confirm the diagnosis.

1. Cultivate good hygiene habits in children. They should not eat unwashed fruits and vegetables, drink raw water, wash hands before and after meals, and not urinate or defecate anywhere. Parents should thoroughly wash and dry children's clothes and bedding.

2. Ascaris eggs can easily hide in the cracks of children's nails. Parents should trim their children's nails regularly and educate them not to bite their nails or suck their fingers to avoid infection.

3. Eliminate flies, cockroaches, etc., and prevent children from eating food that has been crawled by them. These insects can bring roundworm eggs, bacteria, etc. to the surface of food, thereby spreading digestive tract diseases.

4. Actively detect and treat ascariasis and control the source of infection. Especially in kindergartens, collective anthelmintics can be used for universal treatment to prevent children from infecting each other.