What should I do if my baby snores and drools while sleeping?

Babies snoring and drooling while sleeping are a headache for many parents. It is recommended that parents take their children to the hospital for examination if their babies snore and drool while sleeping, which will make it easier to alleviate this phenomenon.

What to do if your baby snores and drools while sleeping

If a child snores during sleep, you should pay attention to the possibility of nasal secretions or hypertrophy of the nasal glands. The child's nasal passage is relatively narrow, so it is easy to get blocked, which will cause snoring. Most of the time, no treatment is required, but if it is very obvious or causes symptoms such as apnea in the child, you need to see a doctor for confirmation. At present, you can temporarily adjust the body position to see if it can provide relief.

Baby drools and snores while sleeping

When babies sleep at night, their oral mucosa relaxes and their airways become narrower, so snoring is more serious, because we all know that snoring is caused by narrow airways. Especially in early childhood, because babies have narrow nasal cavities, they are more likely to be blocked when they catch a cold. At this time, babies have to breathe through their mouths, which will cause drooling and snoring.

Tip: Mothers should also pay attention to whether the baby has a cold or otitis media to prevent the baby from drooling and snoring.

If you encounter this kind of situation, you can do the following:

1. Drop two drops of saline solution into the baby's nasal cavity to soften the mucus and make it easier to flow out.

2. Use a humidifier to keep the baby's nasal cavity moist, making it easier to breathe and reducing drooling and snoring.

If your baby snores, change his position to widen his airway, or let his neck tilt back slightly, and the snoring will disappear.

How to prevent drooling while sleeping

1. Make sure your baby sleeps in the correct position

If a baby drools while sleeping, it may be caused by the baby's incorrect sleeping posture. For example, sleeping on his stomach or on his side may cause the baby to drool while sleeping, so mothers should adjust the baby's sleeping posture to prevent the baby from drooling.

2. Pay attention to your baby’s oral inflammation

The baby drools when sleeping may also be due to pathological reasons, such as the baby's oral infection, which leads to bacterial growth and inflammation, causing oral pain and drooling. At this time, the mother can give the baby some anti-inflammatory drugs to slowly heal the oral ulcers, and the phenomenon of drooling while sleeping will gradually disappear.

3. Prevent baby’s teeth from deforming

If the baby's teeth are deformed, especially if the front and back teeth are very concave and convex, then the baby's teeth will be exposed when opening his mouth, and he will not be able to close his mouth when sleeping, which will make the baby drool more easily. In this case, the mother should take the baby to get orthodontic surgery as soon as possible.

4. Prevent neurological diseases

If the baby suffers from systemic neurological diseases, such as autonomic nervous system disorders and neurosis, the baby may drool while sleeping, because such diseases can cause abnormal excitement of the baby's nerves, causing errors in brain instructions and increasing saliva secretion.

5. Do not take anti-epileptic drugs

Mothers should know that drooling may be a side effect of certain anti-epileptic drugs. Therefore, mothers should be cautious when using medication when their babies are sick to prevent side effects.

Identifying medical causes of drooling

Sometimes babies drool due to normal growth and development, while sometimes it is an abnormal reaction caused by disease. At this time, mothers must pay attention to the baby's physical condition and provide timely treatment.

1. Oral ulcers

When oral ulcers occur, small blisters will appear near the mouth and inside the mouth, and the mucous membrane will increase, and the tongue will also ulcerate. At this time, the baby's mouth will be painful, making it difficult for the baby to swallow, and saliva will flow out.

2. Throat inflammation

If the baby is drooling and also has runny nose, high fever and other symptoms, then the baby may have a cold, which may cause throat inflammation, tonsillitis and other related diseases that cause swallowing discomfort. At this time, the baby will also drool.

3. Viral infection

If a baby is infected with a virus and suffers from diseases such as chickenpox, hand, foot and mouth disease, it can also cause ulcers in the baby's mouth and tongue, causing pain in the baby's mouth, difficulty swallowing, and drooling.

4. Neurological disorders

If the baby has neurological problems, it may cause coma, meningitis, mental retardation and other neurological diseases. These will cause facial paralysis, improper use of the mouth and tongue, impaired swallowing function, and drooling.

5. Bites

If the baby accidentally bites his tongue, it will affect the peristalsis of the mouth. In the case of oral pain, using the tongue will cause the baby to drool.