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What Causes White Foam From Mouth Of 4 Year Old?

I just went to check on my 4 year old son before going to bed and noticed he had quite a bit of white foam coming out of his mouth. This has never happened before and I almost had a heart attack.... He has allergies and asthma and has been treated for both for about 2 years or so now. His specialist just switched him this month to asmanex from palmicort and he uses an albuterol inhaler now instead of his nebulizer. He also takes Zyrtec or Allegra every day (durring allergy season) and singulair. He s never had a seizure and epilepsy doesn t run in our family at all. Am I freaking out over nothing or should I be concerned?
Mon, 3 Aug 2015
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Thanks for asking
I gone through your question. and understand your concern.
If was your treating pediatrician. To my opinion the cause of foam should be secretion of mouth which may be expel out due to mouth breathing . Mouth breathing is very common is allergic children due to nasal block.
In seizure the child will be lie down is abnormal position and the stool and urine come out in seizure. and child will be drowsy after seizure.
So i think no need to worry
hope i answer your query
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What Causes White Foam From Mouth Of 4 Year Old?

Thanks for asking I gone through your question. and understand your concern. If was your treating pediatrician. To my opinion the cause of foam should be secretion of mouth which may be expel out due to mouth breathing . Mouth breathing is very common is allergic children due to nasal block. In seizure the child will be lie down is abnormal position and the stool and urine come out in seizure. and child will be drowsy after seizure. So i think no need to worry hope i answer your query