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What Causes Bleeding In Mouth Of A Child While Crying?
since we came back from nigeria on thursday, my baby has had mouth ulcers and high temp, when she cries her mouth starts to bleed from underneath her gums. she was given oratase by my gp, which helped with the mouth ulcers, she has had blood test , all negative. but still bleeds in her mouth when crying. why? please help. she is 2yrs old, normally fit and well.
Thu, 1 Oct 2015
the ulcers your little one developed have caused generalised infection of the gums and that too deep .The ulcers have healed superficially by crusting but when she cries the the stretching causes the deeper areas to open up and bleed .I am not sure what blood tests were done but it is worth while to have a specialist pediatrician see her and take a swab of the culture and add a drug called metronidazole .and some soothing creams to lessen the pain.
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