Children always get sick with something. It is sometimes very difficult for parents to avoid this or that ailment in their baby. Pediatric stomatitis is a common problem among all segments of the population. Few were able to protect themselves from it. Symptoms of stomatitis in children are always classic: general malaise, fever, inability to take almost any food. This is the so-called initial stage of the disease. Experts recommend that parents at this stage engage in a thorough examination of the child's oral cavity and especially study the mucous membrane behind the lip and under the tongue. It usually turns shiny and red.
The manifestation of stomatitis in children has a second stage: a white coating appears, which, without proper treatment, threatens to develop into the appearance of ulcers. This will be the third stage and the children endure it very hard, since the pain in this case is quite strong. Before you understand what is the treatment of stomatitis in children, you need to understand the causes of its occurrence. This disease is nothing but inflammation of the oral mucosa, which appears due to infection, decreased immunity, allergies or injuries. Stomatitis in children is of different types. Each of them appears for its own reasons. Infectious stomatitis is a result of dirty hands or the fact that a child does not clean things in his mouth. The causes of traumatic and bacterial stomatitis are scratches, burns, dirty hands. The thing is that when children put a dirty thing in their mouths and the mucous membrane is scratched, there is a risk of this disease.
To understand what treatment of stomatitis in children is, it is important to know what bacteria, fungi or viruses can cause it. Herpes virus usually causes herpetic stomatitis. A yeast-like fungus Candida - fungal stomatitis, it is also called candidiasis or thrush. There is also aphthous stomatitis. Doctors are still arguing about its causes: injuries, infections, the use of certain products (coffee, chocolate, tomatoes, strawberries). Treatment of stomatitis in children can be different. Suppose allergic stomatitis is eliminated along with the allergy itself.
Traditional medicine has always offered us a lot of recipes for all kinds of ailments. Therefore, parents often treat stomatitis in children at home - this is not quite the right decision. A pediatric dentist will tell you much more effective ways to get rid of this disease.
First of all, it is necessary to provide the child with separate dishes, a towel and well ventilate his room and do wet cleaning. This will help prevent infection in other family members. Particular attention must be paid to the nutrition of children. Food should be mashed, warm, not stiff, this is done so as not to injure the mucous membrane. Exclude from the diet sweet, salty, sour. Offer your child fruit and vegetable juices, kefir, milk, lean soup, soft-boiled eggs and so on. Make your baby drink more and rinse his mouth with strong tea after each meal. Alternative recipes for the treatment of stomatitis in children are offered by rinsing the oral cavity with infusions of various herbs: pharmacy chamomile, tincture of St. John's wort, calendula, as well as propolis tincture. You can still chew aloe leaves or apply slices of raw potatoes to sore spots.
Doctors prescribe "Lidochlor gel" for the treatment of this disease, which perfectly anesthetizes. In addition, you can safely use the ointment "Oxolin", "Tebrofen", "Bonaphton", "Acyclovir". In any case, you must first consult a doctor to find out what type of stomatitis your child has. Then it will be possible to prescribe an effective treatment.