Salivation

Introduction Rogue is one of the most common diseases in young children. It is more common in infants around the age of 1 and often occurs before and after weaning. It is a condition characterized by more drooling in children. It should be distinguished from the effects of oral ulcers and nervous system diseases. When suffering from oral mucosal inflammation and neurological diseases such as nerve palsy, medullary palsy, and encephalitis sequelae, it is caused by excessive salivation or dysphagia. Salivary hyperfunction, spleen and stomach dysfunction, dysphagia, meningitis sequelae, etc. can cause pathological salivation.

Cause

There are many reasons for hooliganism, which are generally divided into two categories: physiological and pathological.

1. Modern medicine believes that when suffering from oral mucosal inflammation and neurological diseases such as nerve palsy, medullary palsy, and encephalitis sequelae, it is a pathological phenomenon due to excessive secretion of saliva or dysphagia. Because the baby's mouth is shallow, it will not control the saliva of the mouth. In the neonatal period, the salivary glands will not develop. After the fifth month, the salivation will increase. At six months, the teeth will erupt and the mechanical stimulation of the trigeminal nerve of the gums will occur. The secretion of saliva is also increased, so that the flow is slightly more, which is a physiological phenomenon. As the age increases, the depth of the mouth increases, the baby can swallow too much saliva, and the salivation naturally disappears.

2. Pathological salivation refers to the abnormal drooling of the baby, often with stomatitis, facial paralysis, accompanied by small mouth tilt, mental decline and so on. In addition, salivary hyperfunction, spleen and stomach dysfunction, dysphagia, meningitis sequelae, etc. can cause pathological salivation. In addition, some adults with epilepsy and disturbance of consciousness may also have hooliganism.

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(1) Spleen and stomach damp heat: drooling sticky, bad odor, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, constipation or hot odor, yellow urine, red tongue, yellow greasy moss, slippery pulse, fingerprint color purple.

(2) Deficiency of the temper: the sputum is thin, the mouth is light and tasteless, the complexion is sallow, the muscles are thin, the lazy words are weak, the diet is reduced, the stool is thin, the tongue is reddish, the fur is white, the pulse is weak, and the fingerprint is reddish.

Differential diagnosis

Need to distinguish normal neonatal physiological hooliganism: When the baby is 4 to 5 months, the food containing starch and other nutrients in the diet stimulates the salivary glands, and saliva secretion increases significantly. At this time, the baby, the mouth is small and shallow, the swallowing and reflex function is not perfect, and the swallowing action is not used to regulate the saliva, so as long as the saliva is too much, it will flow out. In addition, many babies like to suck fingers, pacifiers, etc., which also stimulate the secretion of salivary glands, so that saliva increases. 6 to 7 months of deciduous teeth first stimulate the nerves on the gums, the saliva increases, the small teeth top out the gums, which will cause mild swelling and discomfort of the gum tissue, which stimulates the nerves on the gums, causing the salivary glands to be secretly secreted.

Congenital dementia: Children have obvious special faces at birth, and often have difficulty sleeping and feeding. With the increase of age, its intelligent low performance is gradually obvious, and the movement development and sexual development are delayed.

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