in her inner, upper lip for several days and I only found out 2 days ago when we were at KFC having lunch, sei moh! Had I known that she has an ulcer, no way was I going to bring her to eat KFC, one of the heatiest food.
Anyway, when we were at KFC, Sherilyn told me again that her upper lip was pain pain. She had been telling my mil and me for the past 3 days or so that her mouth was pain pain but we brushed her aside, thinking that it was just an excuse as she didn’t want to eat her dinner. When it comes to avoiding her meals, she can come up with lots of excuses. She kept pointing to the upper lip, i.e. the part below her nostrils. Since I didn’t see anything red, I thought she had wanted my attention. But I was so wrong. When I turned her lip upward to see the inner part, I saw a medium sized ulcer on the lip. For a moment, I felt so bad… felt like a terrible mum for brushing her aside and for not taking her seriously when she told me that her mouth hurt. I quickly asked her to stop eating the nuggets and to eat only the mashed potatoes. Anyway, she didn’t have appetite to eat much food.
After lunch, we brought her to see the doctor. The doctor said that the ulcer was caused by some fungal / yeast infection and prescribed her with Mycostatin Oral Suspension.
Sherilyn is to hold the Mycostatin syrup in each side of her mouth (1.5ml for each side) for 30 seconds before swallowing it. Initially, I had a tough time coaxing her to retain the syrup in her mouth and she almost puked. After a few times, she got used to the cherry flavor taste and all of us had fun counting from 1-30 each time she held the syrup in her mouth before swallowing it and I rewarded her with some Haegan Dazs ice cream.
Sherilyn getting a check from the doctor.
ashley is very prone to getting ulcers too. she drinks lots of water and eats fruits every day. maybe i ought to check with her paed why eh?
Mouth ulcers are common and really of no significant health risk unless the child is totally unable to drink fluids. Then, there is a risk of dehydration. Otherwise, let the poor kid eat and drink whatever they can handle. No, mouth ulcers are not caused by heaty or non-heaty food…it is one of those infections that just happens. Another approach is to get teething gel just to numb the area of the ulcer before u eat. Do not let the child go to bed after applying it..wait 15 mins or so.
In my time, my mum used to rub salt on the ulcer..sure cured it but excruciating!! I learned not to let her know if I had an ulcer!