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What Causes White Saliva Discharge And Foamy Discharge During Sleep?

My 3 years old has been having a virus that looks very much like Mono (we have seen a pediatrician twice and will doing a blood test soon). She started having white saliva with the offset of her symptoms and now is sleeping with lots of white frothy saliva coming out of her mouth. should I be concd
Mon, 29 Sep 2014
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HI...this is quite common a symptom when there is Infectious mononucleosis. This is because there will be swollen tonsils and there will be some amount of upper airway obstruction in these cases and hence they tend to bring the saliva out as swallowing will be painful. In such cases for the same reason the oral intake also will be difficult and reduced.
There is nothing in this that you should be concerned and it will go off in due course.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Causes White Saliva Discharge And Foamy Discharge During Sleep?

HI...this is quite common a symptom when there is Infectious mononucleosis. This is because there will be swollen tonsils and there will be some amount of upper airway obstruction in these cases and hence they tend to bring the saliva out as swallowing will be painful. In such cases for the same reason the oral intake also will be difficult and reduced. There is nothing in this that you should be concerned and it will go off in due course. Regards - Dr. Sumanth