My 2 year old grandson's tongue looks like
skin peeling off of it and its red does't
look normal.This has been going on for a
good year.It seams
as if he has lost his abbetite.He has been
treated for this before.How can this hurt
his system.My sister seems to think babies
can die from this.Can they?
can anyone help?
Thank you
judy
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 12-26-03 09:36am
Well if he stops eating death can occur
but i'm sure they'd put him on a drip to
feed him so calm down.
This sounds abit like some sort of allergy
(or is he being given his food too hot?-
this can happen with new mums who just
don't cool the food down to baby level as
opposed to toddler or adult!!)??
Has he been tested for allergies? Have
his parents (& this is an a- grade
pain - put him on just one food type (with
no additives/preservatives) for 2 weeks
then slowly added (1 at a time for several
days before adding the next) other foods -
this is a really hard but veru effective
ay to find out if he is allergic to
anything & if so what. You add the
foods with additives & preservatives
last & the added bonus of this is that
it can show if his behaviour is adversely
affected by anything too.
Several years ago I saw a story about a
couple of kids who were lacking in
something & so they were eating
anything & everything wooden
(fences/toys/beds/cupboards anything!!).
Maybe he's lacking some vitamin or mineral
or his body just doesn't process it
properly & the red tongue is the
outward sign??
