What can children take to relieve bad breath?

Hawthorn, grapes, kiwi fruit, water.

1. Although hawthorn is mainly on the market in autumn, it can be bought basically in all seasons. Eating hawthorn can mainly alleviate the symptoms of "fire eating" caused by eating meat and other foods with high protein content. It can also promote digestion, clear fire and heat, and achieve the purpose of removing fire and bad breath.

2. Grapes taste sour and slightly cool. Eating grapes can relieve internal heat. Moreover, grapes are rich in vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and polyphenols, which are necessary to supplement the body’s needs. The functions of liver cells are very useful. In addition, grapes also have antioxidant properties, which can reduce liver damage. Therefore, grapes are also known as one of the best fruits for nourishing and protecting the liver.

3. Kiwi fruit is rich in dietary fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal motility, help with indigestion and poor appetite, promote the excretion of toxic substances from the body, and prevent constipation. Kiwi fruit It is slightly cool in nature. Eating kiwi fruit can clear away heat and reduce internal heat.

4. As we all know, keeping your mouth moist can inhibit the growth of bacteria, so drinking more water can also relieve bad breath. In particular, you can develop a good habit of drinking a glass of water when you get up in the morning. This can not only relieve bad breath, but also soothe your stomach and maintain normal bowel movements.

In children, when milk food accumulates in the epigastrium, bad breath often occurs first. Bad breath and sour mouth are particularly common in the morning, which are symptoms of stagnant milk food. This is clinically called high-level dysphagia. Children often suffer from it when they wake up in the morning or early morning. There is a strong odor in the mouth when burping.

Causes and classifications

1. Causes

Improper feeding causes gastrointestinal dysfunction.

Gastrointestinal inflammation: Infants and young children eat food contaminated by bacteria, causing gastrointestinal inflammation.

Abuse of antibiotics leads to an imbalance in the flora in the gastrointestinal tract. Normal bacteria, such as lactobacilli, are suppressed, while miscellaneous bacteria grow and multiply in large numbers.

When the weather gets colder, the body's resistance is lowered, and catching cold can also cause indigestion.

2. Classification

Sour taste is the most common type of bad breath in children, and it is more common in babies with gastrointestinal disorders. In addition, the smell of rotten eggs in children's mouth often indicates indigestion and liver disease. Putrefactive odors are mostly caused by intraoral inflammation and poor oral hygiene habits.

The smell of rotten apple is a hint of ketoacidosis. Purulent halitosis is mostly caused by ulcers, erosion, and suppuration at the lesions of babies' nasal cavity, foreign bodies, atrophic rhinitis, sinusitis, suppurative tonsillitis, lung abscess, bronchiectasis and other diseases. If there is a bloody smell in the mouth of a child, it is usually caused by bleeding diseases such as nosebleeds and gastrointestinal bleeding.

Treatment methods:

1. General therapy

If children have bad breath and soreness in the morning, it is mostly due to stagnant milk and food intake. If this phenomenon occurs, treatment can be reduced. Eat or stop eating to facilitate the recovery of gastrointestinal function. For children with bad breath caused by indigestion, digestion-aiding and astringent drugs can be used, such as pepsin, multi-enzyme tablets, lactase, tannic acid protein, etc. Severe cases of bacterial infection can be treated with antibiotics. People with severe vomiting and diarrhea should fast for 12 hours, and then gradually transition to a normal diet starting with sugar water and rice soup. Severe dehydration should require prompt fluid rehydration.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine

Children’s bad breath can generally be treated with traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine divides children’s bad breath into two categories: damp-heat in the stomach meridian and food accumulation.

Children with damp-heat in the stomach meridian present with red tongue, yellow tongue coating, bad breath, irritability, restless sleep and other symptoms. Many children also have dry and hard stools. You can take some heat-clearing and dampness-clearing medicines under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.

Estrophagic halitosis is more common in children aged 1 to 6 years old and is related to improper diet and improper feeding. Such children have long-term loss of appetite, yellow complexion and thinness, but are in normal spirits. The main medications they take are for digestion and stomach problems.