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Why Would A Child Be Experiencing Cold Sores, Swollen Gums And Foul Breath?
My 5 year old's gums have been bothering him. He complains that his teeth hurt. We took him to the dentist & had his mouth x-rayed & the dentist said he doesn't see anything wrong. Along with the swollen gums, his breath is awful, he has one cold sore on his bottom lip, & for the last 3 days, he had been running a fever. I believe it's gingivitis, but am unsure & in desperately need of help.
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,
Thanks for posting the query,
This could be due o improper oral hygiene or nutritional deficency.
I would suggest you to take your child to a Dentist and get complete mouth scaling and polishing done.
Teach your child proper oral hygiene maintainence, brush the tooth twice use antiseptic mouthwash rinses.
Give your child proper diet rich in vitamins.
Take care!
Thanks for posting the query,
This could be due o improper oral hygiene or nutritional deficency.
I would suggest you to take your child to a Dentist and get complete mouth scaling and polishing done.
Teach your child proper oral hygiene maintainence, brush the tooth twice use antiseptic mouthwash rinses.
Give your child proper diet rich in vitamins.
Take care!
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Hello, thank you for consulting with healthcaremagic.
It looks that your son has some kind of viral infection, as these are all features of viral infection, these viral infection are self limiting, means they take there own time in healing, you just give symptomatic treatment to the patient.
You should maintain your sons oral hygiene properly, cleaning mouth properly excessive fluid intake and even topical anesthetic ointment on the cold sore.
Even once you should visit a pedodontist child dentist.
Hope it will help you.
It looks that your son has some kind of viral infection, as these are all features of viral infection, these viral infection are self limiting, means they take there own time in healing, you just give symptomatic treatment to the patient.
You should maintain your sons oral hygiene properly, cleaning mouth properly excessive fluid intake and even topical anesthetic ointment on the cold sore.
Even once you should visit a pedodontist child dentist.
Hope it will help you.
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