Observing a baby's stool can reveal many problems, and not only that, but also the coating on their tongue can reveal many health issues. What is the reason for a baby's bad breath and thick white tongue coating? The different color and thickness of the baby's tongue coating also indicate the existence of different problems. What's wrong with a baby's bad breath and thick white tongue coating?
Baby's tongue coating
1. White coating: The tongue coating is thin, white, and moist, which is a normal human tongue coating. At the same time, the tongue coating is white, thick, and dry, which may lead to phlegm dampness or spleen deficiency in the body, and digestive symptoms caused by stomach heat.
2. Yellow coating: Yellow coating is mainly associated with internal heat syndrome. The tongue coating is thin, yellow, and dry, belonging to internal heat. The tongue coating is thick, yellow, and greasy, often manifested as phlegm heat, food accumulation, or damp heat.
3. Gray moss: for fever or yin deficiency with excessive fire.
4. Black moss: Black moss is mostly transformed from yellow or gray moss, indicating an extremely serious condition. Moss is black and dry, indicating a strong internal heat and extreme deficiency of yang and yin cold.
Observing tongue coating to detect diseases
If the tongue coating changes from thin to thick, it indicates that the condition has worsened, accompanied by symptoms such as indigestion, upper abdominal distension, nausea, and decreased appetite. The greasy and rotten tongue coating may be due to phlegm dampness or food accumulation in the body. In addition, the thickening or greasiness of the tongue coating may also be due to frequent consumption of soft food or liquid food after illness, which reduces the mechanical friction of the tongue, or due to fever, dehydration, and reduced saliva secretion, which affects the self-cleaning effect of the tongue and causes the accumulation of exudate on the tongue surface. Therefore, once the tongue coating becomes thick, greasy, or has a black color or odor, it is necessary to first go to the hospital for examination. It cannot be scraped off by oneself, which affects the doctor's diagnosis.
How do we handle it in our daily lives
1. To maintain oral hygiene, we can use some simple methods to clean the tongue surface, including gently brushing the tongue surface with a specialized soft bristled brush. If a specialized soft brush is not available, a toothbrush can also be used, but it must not be too forceful. You can also rinse your mouth with salt water and mouthwash, or use a dental irrigator to rinse the back of your tongue.
2. If the baby's tongue coating is thick all year round and there is bad breath, it generally indicates that there is a small problem with the stomach. If there are no other uncomfortable feelings, you can start with diet, daily life and maintenance. Maintain a regular lifestyle, have a relaxed and happy mood, eat easily digestible foods, and after a period of recuperation, abnormal tongue coating and breath can heal on their own. When a baby has difficulty defecating for a few days, bad breath, thick tongue coating, red tongue edges, yellow urine, and dry stools, they can take traditional Chinese medicine such as rhubarb, coptis, Scutellaria baicalensis, and gardenia to clear heat and relieve fire. They should eat more vegetables, fruits, and light foods in their diet, and avoid fatty and fried foods.
Baby's thick and white tongue coating causes bad breath, which should be taken seriously and treated early to get rid of the trouble of bad breath as soon as possible. This will not affect the baby's future image.
