One of the most common diseases that make life difficult for children and their parents is stomatitis. Older children can explain what they encountered, persuade them to eat, rinse their mouth on their own. Treatment of stomatitis at home in an infant is a serious problem. The kid is capricious, lethargic, does not sleep, turns away from food and refuses to drink. Only a doctor should prescribe adequate treatment, which includes pain medication.
Rashes can look in different ways: like vesicles in the oral cavity or on the lips, like sores of scarlet or white. They are multiple or represented by one painful papule.
Causes of stomatitis and types
The disease can occur for various reasons. These include:
- the introduction of the herpes virus;
- ingestion of staphylococci or streptococci;
- allergic reactions;
- injuries of the oral mucosa.
Stomatitis can be fungal, bacterial and aphthous, allergic, traumatic.
Stomatitis treatment
Each type of disease is distinguished by a manifestation pattern and requires individual action drugs aimed at destroying those microorganisms that directly caused it, and general drugs that help relieve inflammation and anesthesia.
The most common herpes stomatitis. Treatment in children of this type of disease is to rinse with anti-inflammatory
compositions and treatment of the oral cavity with ointment.
With bacterial stomatitis, antibacterial substances with metronidazole, amiksikikilin, oftoloxacin are prescribed.
With fungal infection - candidiasis - means to destroy thrush. These are medicines "Levorin", "Nystatin".
Treatment of stomatitis at home in a child also involves the appointment of immune preparations. Frequent relapses of the disease indicate low immunity.
To get rid of fungal stomatitis, if the disease is not in neglected form, you can do without medical means. A solution of ordinary baking soda effectively fights with it. To make the medicine, it is enough to dilute half a tablespoon of the product in a glass of warm water and rinse or rinse the child’s mouth every 2 hours.
During an exacerbation of the bacterial type of disease caused by streptococci or staphylococci that are introduced into the body, antibacterial drugs of internal action are sometimes prescribed.
If an aphthous stomatitis is established in a child, the treatment includes not only healing drugs (Vinylin, Carotolin - the latter can be used from 1 day of life), but also antibiotics. This form of the disease is more common in children who have gastrointestinal diseases.
With an allergic form of the disease, antihistamines are included in the complex treatment. With traumatic stomatitis, it is enough to limit yourself to healing agents.
Children over 2-3 years old are able to take medicine in their mouth and rinse, it is more difficult with babies. The child will have to lay on a barrel, inject a disinfectant into the mouth with a syringe (without a needle), for example a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Then, with a finger wrapped in a bandage, treat the oral cavity with an antiviral or antifungal agent.
In any case, treating stomatitis at home in a child will be more effective if you use the funds from the arsenal of traditional medicine.
Infusion of chamomile and calendula will relieve inflammation remarkably, remedies with aloe, sea buckthorn oil or dog rose will help to quickly heal wounds, oak bark - reduce the pain effect.
Do not forget about nutrition. At the time of the disease, it is worth switching to fresh food and excluding citrus fruits.
If the ulcers are less than 1 cm and there is no temperature, treatment of stomatitis at home in a child does not provide difficulties. If parents have patience.