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Teething

Teething is a process where the baby's tooth starts erupting. It often starts from 6 months and completes at 24 months of age. The symptoms of teething are irritability, tender and swollen gums, and excessive drooling. A teething baby is soothed by placing a cold pacifier or refrigerated teething toy in their mouth.

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My baby has reddish lumps near her front teeth. What is it?

Query: Hello doctor, My 10-month-old baby is cutting her top tooth and there are orange and red lumps above where the tooth has started to come. What are these lumps? I have attached few pictures for your reference.  Read Full »


Dr. Paras Angrish

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen the photos (attachment removed to protect patient identity). As your child is 10 months old, the upper teeth should have been erupted by this time. But three to six months delay is normal and it looks like your child is putting teether in his mouth and bi...  Read Full »

My 5-month-old infant has been having loose bowel movements for the past ten days, which the doctor attributed to teething. Should I be concerned about this?

Query: Hello doctor, My baby is 5 months and 4 days old. He has been suffering from loose motion for the past ten days. I went to the doctor, and he said it was due to teething. He gave medicines ut it did not help. Everyone said that in teething medicines work only 10 % Please help me. I am worried about...  Read Full »


Dr. Amit Kumar Modi

Answer: Hello, Welcome toicliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. Your baby is suffering from acute gastroenteritis. As told by your physician, in fact, this is the age for teething, due to which the child has irritation in the gums and tries to insert everything in the mouth. This ...  Read Full »

How to deal with teeth grinding due to brain tumor?

Query: Hello doctor, My nephew is 2 years and 5 months old and he had a brain surgery two months ago to extract a brain tumor. It was an anaplastic ependymoma on his fourth ventricle. After brain surgery, his awareness was low and he was on a ventilator for 50 days. He is doing well know, but our main prob...  Read Full »


Dr. Solanki Chirag Natwarbhai

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Sorry to hear about your nephew. Due to the tumor for which he was operated, the cerebellum (small brain) was affected. Due to that, he has developed bruxism which is a rare complication. Unfortunately, there is no effective established recommended treatment. Some have...  Read Full »

Can diarrhea be caused due to teething?

Query: Hi doctor, My 10-months-old daughter got a fever. I have been rotating between Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hours or as I feel necessary based on her temperature. Yesterday I did not give her anything for a couple of hours, and the fever spiked to 103.6. I gave her Motrin, and it went back down to 100...  Read Full »


Dr. Bichitrovanu Sarkar

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Many thanks for your query. Very often we put down these symptoms to teething, but this usually is a viral illness - a viral upper respiratory tract infection URTI. Teething by itself does not cause these symptoms, it is just that it is the same age that they start teet...  Read Full »

Is my baby chewing his tongue due to teething?

Query: Hello doctor, My son is 4 months old and started chewing on his tongue. Is this due to teething?  Read Full »


Dr. Nagasirisha Naredla

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Teething usually starts about six months of age, but at this time kids try to pet objects more often in the mouth because that is the way they try to learn about objects. It is very natural. But if your child is continually biting on the tongue and not occasionally, ...  Read Full »

My 18-weeks-old baby remains irritated with crying. Can this occur due to teething?

Query: Hello doctor, My 18 weeks old baby appears to have less interest in her bottles. She is only drinking approximately 20 to 24 ounces of milk instead of the recommended 30 to 35. She has become more irritable, crying, biting her hands and tethers. When I give her a bottle, she drinks a few ounces then...  Read Full »


Dr. Laurent Hiffler

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your feelings and preoccupations. I might have to ask you a few more questions but here are some attempts to give you a beginning of an answer. Well, I would be dishonest if I would send you the miracle answer. But let us try together. What was your li...  Read Full »

My 3-year-old baby keeps suckling her lower lip. How to get rid of this habit?

Query: Hi doctor,I am a mother of a 3-year-old baby. For the past year she is suckling her lower lip all the time. Throughout the night she always suckles her lip. If we remove it with our hand she will be disturbed and cry all the time. My family members say that this will last forever if she would not fo...  Read Full »


Dr. Veerabhadrudu Kuncham

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. It is not uncommon for young children to develop habits like lip-sucking, thumb-sucking, or nail-biting as a way of self-soothing. However, if the habit persists for an extended period, it may lead to dental problems or other issues. Here are some suggestions to help y...  Read Full »

My 7-months-old daughter has passed loose stools four times today. Why?

Query: Hello doctor, My daughter is 7 months old and has passed watery stool four times today. She also has a mild cold and cough. She is taking water regularly. I have brought probiotics. What other medicines can be given? What is their dosage? Is she passing watery stools due to dehydration or teeth eru...  Read Full »


Dr. Bhaisara Baraturam Bhagrati

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query, and I can understand your concern. Your daughter might be passing watery stools due to teething. However, you need to monitor her for any signs of dehydration. You need to continue breastfeeding her for adequate hydration. If she has started...  Read Full »

How can I manage discomfort from wisdom tooth eruption?

Query: Hello doctor, I am getting wisdom teeth at the back of my mouth. Now I am 22. But I am teething and it feels uncomfortable. What to do to get relief from it?  Read Full »


Dr. Tooba Qazi

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Wisdom tooth eruption will occur periodically. You will feel pain and pressure in months. For relief, you may take tablet Brufen 400 mg twice a day for three days. Put oral gel Clinica (Chlorhexidine with Metronidazole) three to four times a day for a week in that particu...  Read Full »

One of my molars is swollen. Does that mean eruption of new tooth?

Query: Hello doctor, I am 18 years old and my grandfather said I might be teething because one of my molars are swollen. He said once I lose this molar, a new one comes in. Is that true?  Read Full »


Dr. Purva Jingar

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. He is not wrong nor right. If your molar in the age of 8 was not replaced with a permanent one and if there is any chance of having a molar in eruption stage then it may be true. Generally swelling around teeth comes due to gum inflammation or due to some infection i...  Read Full »

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