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Babeo - Treatment

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Salivación

Cuidados en el hogar:

Los cuidados para el babeo debido a la dentición incluyen una buena higiene oral. Los helados u otros objetos fríos (como el pan ácimo congelado) pueden ayudar. Tenga cuidado para evitar el ahogamiento cuando un niño utiliza cualquiera de estos objetos.

Se debe llamar al médico si:

Consulte con el médico si:

  • No se ha diagnosticado la causa del babeo.
  • Hay preocupación sobre una aspiración.
  • Su hijo presenta fiebre, dificultad respiratoria o mantiene la cabeza en una posición extraña.

Lo que se puede esperar en el consultorio médico:

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico y hará preguntas acerca de los síntomas, tales como:

  • ¿Hay antecedentes de algunas otras enfermedades?
  • ¿Ha sufrido la persona una mordedura o picadura?
  • ¿Ha tenido la persona una lesión?
  • ¿Qué medicamentos está tomando la persona?
  • ¿Qué otros síntomas se presentan (como fiebre, dolor de garganta, parálisis facial ?

Los exámenes que se llevan a cabo dependen de los síntomas que ocurren con el babeo.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/7/2010
  • Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Lowell MJ. Esophagus, stomach, duodenum. In: Marx, JA, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009: chap 87.

Melio FR. Upper respiratory tract infections. In: Marx, JA, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009: chap 73.

Vanderhoff BT, Carroll W. Neurology. In: Rakel RE. Textbook of Family Medicine. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 54.

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