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Good day, my one year old has been struggling for the past week with a painfull mouth. she had white spots on her tongue and cant even eat. plz help?
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Try cold things: I find that chilled apple sauce, ice chips, chilled milk or other fluids can numb up the sores enough for them to stay hydrated. You can also paint the sores with Benadryl solution which has a transient anesthetic effect which may allow a brief period for them to eat.
Answered 11/12/2017
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