How To Treat Canker Sores (Apthous Stomatitis) In Baby

Canker sores is painful, lips or tongue ached because of blisters contained on the canker sores so that we become miserable when he want to eat. We are already mature enough to feel tortured canker sores, especially if the baby has not been able to express what he felt.

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Cause of canker sores are weakened immune system, allergies to food such as coffee, chocolate, cheese, nuts, and citrus fruits, stress, viruses and bacteria, trauma to the mouth, and poor nutrition, and certain medications. Increased Candida fungal infection can occur due to the baby's immune system is not yet perfect at that age, so the baby's body is also less able to fight infection attack.

Babies who suffer from canker sores will definitely fussy and would not eat. Already we can imagine what would happen if our baby experience it.

Babies who have sores that do not heal, it is feared will experience weight loss, fatigue, and shortness of breath could be seen as too often in tears due to the pain he felt.You can do these tips to treat canker sores.

1. Dietary Habit Of Mother
Babies just getting nutrients from breast milk, so that the milk quality that we provide must also be the best. Babies can experience canker sores if the mother often eat foods containing excessive sugar. Because of the high sugar content can trigger the growth of certain fungi.

To treat canker sores in infants can also be done with breastfeeding. But the condition is the mother should eat foods that rich probiotics.

2. Keeping Baby Oral Hygiene
Clean mouth must be protected from bacteria and fungi that cause health problems in the baby's mouth.

3. Using Coconut Oil Cream
We can use a traditional cream using coconut oil. Coconut oil contains natural antifungal. Apply it on your nipples to reduce the development of fungal candida.

4. Observe When Baby Bites His Lip
The baby teeth will grow at the age of 4 months to 6 months, but it is different on every baby. In early teething, the baby will usually fussy and we worry about inadvertently lips or mouth mucosa will be bitten.

In addition, when your baby’s eating do not often take the baby to joking because when he laughs and closed his mouth again, baby will bite the baby's lower lip. Then during sleep, infant sleep position must be correct so it will reduce the risk of the baby's lips bitten and injured.

5. Vitamins For Baby
Vitamins for babies should be enough, do not let the baby get vitamin deficiency. For example, the baby should get vitamin C and vitamin B that are useful to accelerate the process of wound healing.

6. Sunlight
Sunlight in the morning can avoid the canker sores in infants. This prevention can be done by getting your baby bask in the morning sun because the fungus candida will thrive in damp and dark. Keep your baby's room to get sufficient air circulation and exposure to sunlight.

Those are some ways that we can use to prevent and treat thrush in infants. May be useful for you and your baby.