Flus in a baby

Flux is an outdated name for purulent periostitis, a consequence of the inflammatory process in the area of the root apex of the tooth, subperiosteal and subgingival zones of the jaw. Flux in a child is characterized by the fact that the mucous membrane in the area of inflammation swells and not only the gums but also the cheek swells in the baby.

Touching this area is painful for the child and it is necessary to show him to a dentist without delay; self-medication can only accelerate the spread of infection.

At first glance, such an insignificant “pimple” is very dangerous and its purulent manifestations can lead to quite serious consequences.

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Causes of gumboil in children

The causes of gumboil in a child can be quite varied.

• Oral hygiene: either it is not performed, or it is performed, but not to the proper extent.
• A carious tooth can become a source of infection and cause the development of gumboil in a child.
• By injuring a tooth while playing, a child can also introduce an infection.
• Inflammatory process on the gums.
• Unprofessional dentist.
• Heredity factor. Pathology of dental tissue formation during the intrauterine period. For example, the expectant mother did not receive enough calcium with her diet.
• Mechanical damage to the oral mucosa.
• Past infectious disease.

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Symptoms of gumboil in a child

The symptoms in a baby, as well as in an adult, are quite clear:

• The appearance of a nagging pain in the tooth, which intensifies when chewing food or simply pressing.
• Swelling in the cheek and chin area - if the gumboil has formed on the lower jaw tooth. The inflammatory process is also accompanied by a painful enlargement of the lymph nodes.
• Swelling of the lower eyelid and cheek - if the affected tooth is on the upper jaw.
• Hyperemia and swelling of the mucous membrane and gums around the affected tooth.
• Formation of a purulent "bump" on the gum
• The child becomes lethargic and capricious.
• An unpleasant smell appears from the mouth.
• The danger of "child flux" is that even if the infection gets into the bloodstream, the child's body may not react with temperature, as in the case of an adult. This often prevents the disease from being recognized at the primary stage, and parents react only when the condition is critical.

A child has a gumboil on his tooth

A gumboil on a child's tooth is an inflammation of the periosteum of the jaw part of the face. This is a dense neoplasm that increases in size quite quickly. Gradually, the swelling from the gum area around the tooth begins to spread to other areas of the soft tissues of the jaw part of the face.

Doctors consider two types of gumboil:

• Acute gumboil. It has pronounced symptoms with a rapidly developing inflammatory process.
• Chronic gumboil. It usually appears when the tooth is not completely cured (due to the doctor's incompetence or self-medication by the parents). If the swelling has subsided and is not visible visually, this does not mean that the disease has retreated, it can simply lie dormant to manifest itself again after a short period of time. But its course will not be as demonstrative as in the acute form. A little discomfort and nothing more. But the infection ceases to be local and captures ever larger areas of the jaw bone. The disease seems to undermine from the inside. At first glance, a healthy tooth will be affected. This problem most often affects children under five years of age, whose immune system has not yet fully formed and functions. If you skip treatment of baby teeth in a child, the disease can also affect the emerging permanent teeth. Until they are completely affected.

Don't forget. If you have even the slightest suspicion of a disease, it is better to immediately consult a dentist. Let him examine your baby. And either he will calm you down, or the child will begin to receive medical care when the inflammatory process has not yet become so severe.

But today, self-medication is a fairly common method of treating gumboil, both in children and adults. Parents, having received advice from a friend or neighbors, begin to "rinse out the pus." Rinsing is, of course, good, but seeing a doctor is a must if you do not want to get an acute development of the disease with its complications.

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Flux in children's milk teeth

Some parents believe that if a baby's baby tooth has darkened and is affected by caries, then there is nothing to worry about. After all, they will soon be replaced by new permanent healthy teeth. But the question arises. Where will this healthy tooth come from if the oral cavity is not sanitized and there may be an infection in it? Every parent must understand that baby teeth also need to be treated. A carious tooth must be cleaned and at least a temporary filling must be placed. This will help close the canal through which pathogenic bacteria can penetrate. Only a specialist can perform such a procedure with high quality.

If you simply rinse your child's mouth and put cotton wool in the canal so that he can eat, this will not sanitize the mouth. If the tooth on top is intact, and the process is ongoing, the doctor can open the abscess from the gum side. If this fails, the tooth itself has to be removed, but after this the orthodontist usually makes a bite correction.

Flux in a 3 year old child

The main task of parents is to try to save teeth until the age of six, when the extraction of teeth no longer affects the displacement of the bite of the child. And this means that you can avoid a visit to the orthodontist.

It is necessary to visit a dentist regularly, and this also applies to babies. However, parents of toddlers are reluctant to visit a clinic for a preventive examination, believing that nothing can happen to baby teeth. But in vain. Many problems could have been avoided. Flux does not particularly choose which tooth to affect: baby or permanent.

Due to the poor environmental situation, almost all diseases have become younger and gumboil in a 3-year-old child is nothing new. Therefore, watch your baby closely and at the slightest sign of illness, consult a doctor. Otherwise, instead of a lost baby tooth, the little one will get a permanent, but already sick tooth of an irregular shape.

Flux in a 4 year old child

Most often, gumboil develops in a child at the age of 3-5 years, when the baby's immune system is not yet fully formed and is not able to effectively resist the disease. Therefore, for a 4-year-old child, it will be better if parents teach him daily hygiene and monitor its implementation. It is easier to prevent a disease with preventive measures than to treat it later.

If it does happen, and the baby is capricious, refuses food and complains about a tooth, go to the clinic immediately. The dentist will conduct an examination, assess the degree of progression of the gumboil in the child. Compare many factors: the location of the tooth, the localization of the abscess... Only after this will he be able to prescribe an effective treatment and decide whether it is necessary to remove the tooth itself. The early stage involves both anti-inflammatory therapy and painkillers. The surgeon may have to open the gumboil to have access to the purulent capsule.

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Flux in a 5 year old child

In children of this age, gumboil most often occurs as a result of poorly treated caries, or as a consequence of an injury received during a fall or during play. The infection penetrates the periosteum through the damaged tooth. For some time, it may not manifest itself, waiting for favorable conditions to coincide. This can happen after a simple cold. The body is weakened after the disease - it is time for the infection to manifest itself. An inflammatory and then a purulent process begins, affecting the dental tissue, gradually reaching the roots. To find a way out, pus gets to the periosteum through small cracks, where gumboil begins to form.

Do not try to rinse out pus at home. Moreover, it is contraindicated to apply warming compresses to the sore spot. They will only provoke the activation of the inflammatory process and contribute to an increase in purulent secretion. It is also not worth opening the abscess at home (you can reintroduce infection into the wound) - this should be done by a specialist. If parents delay going to the doctor, the area of infection will grow and ultimately the child can get blood poisoning. Purulent processes will capture the deep tissues of the temporal and cervical regions.

Delay in help can lead to a fatal outcome. Seek medical help immediately. But you can still improve the baby's condition at home. Prepare a decoction of any herbs that are known for their anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties (chamomile, oak bark...).

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Flux in a 6 year old child

Flux in a 6-year-old child is somewhat less common. The immune system has finally strengthened by this age. But this does not mean that the baby is now safe. All of the above applies to our child. After all, caries is one of the most common dental diseases in children. You should not ignore it.

Adults should also know that if one baby tooth has been filled more than once, it is better to remove it, thereby removing the source of infection.

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Flux on a child's cheek

Caries - it does not look at the patient's age, affecting even newly erupted teeth. This disease is difficult because it can affect a tooth in places that are visually inaccessible. And only after reaching the pulp, it will begin to signal with increasing pain. If we do not provide medical assistance in time, we will get another disease - gumboil.

Increasing pain in the gums, swelling that spreads to the cheek. These are the first signs of a developing gumboil in a child. They indicate that pathogens have already begun their destructive path. If the cause of the disease is not eliminated in the bud, the infection can penetrate into the blood, which will spread it throughout the body. Therefore, it is necessary to start treatment as quickly as possible. Treatment should be prescribed by a specialist and the entire course of treatment should be completed under his supervision in order to prevent further spread of the disease and avoid complications that it is fraught with.

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Diagnosis of gumboil in a child

A specialist (dentist) should diagnose gumboil in a child. He/she first examines the child, assessing the presence of all symptoms, confirming the diagnosis with laboratory tests. If necessary, an X-ray examination is also performed.

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What to do if a child has gumboil?

This is the first question that comes to mind for parents if they suspect or recognize a gumboil (periostitis) in their baby. Let's figure out what can and cannot be done in this situation.

• It is strictly forbidden to apply warming compresses or do any other warming. Heat provokes a more rapid growth of pathogenic flora, which, in turn, leads to activation of the inflammatory process.
• Active rinsing is also prohibited. This process allows harmful microorganisms to spread throughout the oral cavity, getting into the gastrointestinal tract. The disease transforms from local to general infection of the body.
• It is necessary to contact a doctor at a dental clinic as soon as possible. After the treatment course, the doctor will prescribe the necessary rinse.

Unfortunately, this disease is considered a recurrent pathology, i.e. the inflammatory process may return, and its localization may occur in the same place as the previous time. This is more likely if the treatment was not carried out properly.

If the baby often gets gumboils, parents need to pay special attention to maintaining the baby's immune system. It is necessary to conduct a more thorough examination of the baby.

Treatment of gumboil in a child

Parents should clearly remember that periostitis will never resolve on its own, but the diagnosis and course of treatment should be made and prescribed by a specialist. Therefore, the first thing to do is to come to see him. If the exacerbation occurs at night, immediately call an ambulance, and it will take the child to a specialized department of emergency facial surgery, where the little patient will be given emergency care.

The adopted treatment protocol will correspond to the degree of damage and the general condition of the patient. The purulent abscess is opened surgically, and a special drainage strip is inserted into the resected opening to completely drain the pus. The entire procedure is performed under general or local anesthesia. If necessary, the tooth root or the entire tooth is removed immediately.

After surgery, the doctor prescribes antibacterial and anti-inflammatory therapy, as well as physical therapy. In particularly severe cases, antibiotics are prescribed. To quickly eliminate the consequences of the inflammatory process, rinsing with special medical solutions and herbal infusions is introduced.

It is essential to complete the full course of treatment, without giving up halfway through, as soon as the symptoms have eased a little. This will reduce the risk of relapse.

How to rinse a child's gumboil?

The most accessible home "medicine" for rinsing is a solution of 250 g of warm boiled water with ½ teaspoon of table salt and baking soda added to it. Take this mixture in your mouth without rinsing, just hold it in the place of swelling for several minutes and spit it out. Repeat the procedure as often as possible. Parents only have to persuade the child to do this.

To relieve inflammation, you can drink a little garlic tincture: five cloves of garlic per liter of water.

You can reduce the size of swollen gums by sprinkling them with dry crushed cloves. Try placing a tampon soaked in a salt solution with a few drops of iodine added to the wound.

Infusions of herbs such as sage with flat-leaved eryngium, St. John's wort, as well as a decoction of sage root with sage will also help to slightly relieve the pain.

Antibiotic for gumboil in a child

Flux is a purulent inflammatory process that needs to be stopped immediately. One of the most reliable ways to stop the growth and completely destroy the cause of the flux - pathogenic bacteria - are antibiotics. This disease is very insidious and complications, to stop this scenario of the disease development, antibiotics are also included in the complex of treatment measures.

The most popular are:

• Amoxiclav. Take three times a day, every eight hours. The exact dosage is determined by the doctor. For gumboil in children, the drug is in the form of a suspension, drops or syrup. Single dose: for babies up to three months - 30 mg / kg / day in two doses; for children from three months and older - 25 mg / kg / daily - 2 times or 20 mg / kg / daily - 3 times.
• Lincomycin. Daily dosage - 10-20 mg/kg. Administered intravenously, drip (rate 60-80 drops/minute). Before drip, dilute with sodium chloride solution (for 2 ml of 30% preparation - 250 ml of solution). The course of treatment is 1-2 weeks.
• Ampiox. Daily dose: for children under one year old - 0.1÷0.2 g/kg of body weight; for children from 1 to 7 years old, 0.1 g/kg of body weight is prescribed; for toddlers from 7 to 14 years old, 0.05 g/kg of body weight is prescribed; for children over 14 years old, the adult dosage is prescribed.

But the treatment should be comprehensive, since antibiotics are not a panacea for the treatment of gumboil.

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Prevention of gumboil in children

To prevent gumboil from developing in a child, it is necessary to adhere to simple rules in life.

• This disease, in most cases, results from untreated or neglected caries. Therefore, make it a rule to undergo a dental examination at a specialized clinic once every six months to a year.
• Maintain your child's oral hygiene regularly: brush your teeth twice a day. The brush and toothpaste should be appropriate for the child's age.
• Rinse your mouth after every meal.
• Remove diseased teeth and tartar in a timely manner (they become a breeding ground for bacteria).
• Give your baby enough vegetables and fruits (especially apples and carrots). In addition to vitamins, they massage the gums when chewed, thereby strengthening them.
• Strengthen your baby’s immune system – it protects your child from many pathogenic viruses and bacteria.

Prognosis of gumboil in a child

If you follow all the doctor's recommendations, the prognosis for gumboil in a child is favorable. A few days and the baby will stop being capricious and complaining about toothache. Only in rare cases does the pain in the alveolar cavities last for two to three weeks.

A baby that comes into this world is not protected from the negative influences that the modern environment offers us. And it is your responsibility as parents to protect him and teach him to protect himself. In order to prevent the occurrence and further development of gumboil in a child, be more attentive to the baby, his behavior. If he starts to be capricious, behaves atypically, it is necessary to find out the reason for such behavior. Its cause may be an emerging disease.

Preventive measures, adherence to general rules of child hygiene will become a good barrier to protect him from many diseases. But if signs of illness are obvious, do not delay visiting a doctor, in this case a dentist. And with joint efforts your baby will be healthy.