Many people find that their babies always drool for some reason, which not only looks extremely unhygienic, but also makes it easy for clothes to get wet, causing mothers to be very worried. So what's wrong with a baby drooling? Is the baby sick?
1、 Baby's stage drooling
At the early stage of complementary food addition: the baby will not drool at all when he is a newborn, because his salivary glands are not well developed, and naturally have no such function. About 4-5 months later, parents will start to add complementary food to the child, of course, the most simple and easy to absorb Rice noodles. Rice noodles contains a large amount of starch and is thicker than human milk. Saliva contains a large amount of amylase, which can help the baby swallow and wet food, and can also promote the baby's digestion of food. But the baby is not coordinated in all aspects, so she cannot control her own mouth water, so as soon as she eats, it will flow everywhere.
Longing period: Around 6 months old, babies begin to grow teeth, and small baby teeth protrude from the gums, causing discomfort in the gums. This discomfort can stimulate the nervous system in the child's mouth, which will secrete a large amount of saliva. At this time, the baby's swallowing function is not fully developed, and the baby's oral solvent is also very small, so she cannot control the amount of saliva in her mouth and cannot swallow too much saliva in a timely manner, resulting in a continuous outflow of saliva. This period will accompany the child's entire process of growing teeth.
Babies eat by hand or gnaw on things: During infancy, babies love to eat by hand and involuntarily put their hands into their mouths to suck. They also bite whatever they hold in their mouths, which stimulates the dental nerves in the mouth and causes the salivary glands to secrete a large amount of saliva, which is a conditioned reflex commonly referred to by adults.
Children who see foods they like to eat: As babies grow older, they will be able to remember the foods they often eat or love after the age of one, such as candy and fruits. Some children love to eat sweet, while others love to eat sour. Observant parents will notice that when they are one year old and pestering you for desserts, they always keep "hula zi". This is a very normal phenomenon, just like adults drooling when they mention grape juice, but children are a bit greedy.
2、 Pathological drooling in babies
The so-called pathological nature is definitely a pathological phenomenon. Firstly, the baby's parotid gland is damaged, which can easily cause drooling. The main reason for parotid gland damage is that adults always like to pinch the child's face. During the period when the baby's parotid gland is not fully developed, prolonged twisting and pinching of the child's face can hinder the development of the child's parotid gland and even cause damage to the parotid gland. The main reflection is that the amount of saliva the child drowns far exceeds the amount or frequency of saliva drooling of children in the same period. Parents should be aware that if they like their children, they can kiss their babies' faces more, but children are very fragile and cannot be kneaded.
Oral diseases: Oral inflammation, mucosal congestion or ulceration, oral ulcers, glossitis and other oral diseases stimulate the secretion of salivary glands, leading to drooling. As it is mostly oral inflammation, drooling is accompanied by symptoms such as fever, anorexia, and crying.
Neurological disorders: For example, damage to the central nervous system that controls salivary gland drooling, problems with the brain's nerves that prevent the body from being innervated by the brain, dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, obstruction of the facial nerve, tongue nerve, and jaw movement function, and other neurological and psychiatric disorders can all cause drooling.
Partial congenital diseases: Some children with congenital diseases have low intelligence, delayed reactions, abnormal physical development, and dull expressions from birth. For example, congenital cerebral inflammation, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, etc.
Through the introduction in this article, it can be known that drooling in babies may be a normal physiological reaction. Babies will definitely drool when they grow teeth or chew things. However, drooling in babies may also be due to pathological reactions. Therefore, mothers who find that their babies always drool incessantly should not take it lightly. It is best to go to the hospital for a check-up.
