My 9 month old son has sores in/on his mouth.?

Hi all,

My son has sores in/on his mouth. He got them two weeks ago and I have taken him to the Dr. 3 times. Each time they tell me it could be a few different things and send me on my way. The last time I was at the dr they gave me medicine and sent me on my way. I gave my son the medicine and ran the "virus" through its course. Well, today they came back (they just went away three days ago). I have sanitized everything and did exactly what the Dr told me to. Well, I called the Dr again and they told me that the last diagnoses was wrong and said to wait a few days to bring him in. I guess what Im wondering is if any other parents have had a similar situation and if so what was the outcome? Im a little frustrated with my Dr office and do not want my son to have a full episode like last time and they would not listen to my concerns. Any comment or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks :)My 9 month old son has sores in/on his mouth.?
I was hoping you would have gotten a better answer by now, but I would check on 3 things... first, if he's taking any drugs, check the side effects. http://www.Drugs.com and http://www.RxList.com have databases that show the same information for most all drugs that the pharmacist would be able to print out so you can read over the side effects of any of them to see if any of them have any mention of sores or anything on the skin or mouth.



Second, check his acidity level and the foods he's eating. There are many people who get canker sores when they eat too many acidic foods or when their system gets too acidic. For his acidity level, you can use simple pH testing strips (also called Litmus Paper) to see where his saliva level is. For the food at that age, juices and fruits would probably be the most acidic things he could eat so I would look at how much of those he's getting. You could also get him allergy tested if those turn up normal... that would be more rare if an allergy was causing mouth sores like that, but still.



Third, I'm sure you or the doctors have already thought about this, but is it possible he's biting his cheek? I 'm not sure where the sore(s) are, but if they are within the range of his gums/teeth, it's possible he may be biting/gumming his cheek and the friction alone could be wearing away the skin. This is more of a stretch, but is possible. If he's getting enough fluids, it's even less likely, but I wanted to mention it just in case. Good luck and I hope I helped!