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My 3 year old has what looks like milk on her tongue. treating it for the last week as thrush and still there what else could it be. not bothering her?

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Dr. Maya Vazirani
Dr. Maya Vaziranianswered
Neonatology 54 years experience
Dry mouth: may be she ir a mouth breather and at night her mouth dries and the papiilea of the tongue get hypertrophied and appear dry and white Try using a humidifyer by her bedside and use saline nose spray to help her nose
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