Posted a few weeks ago about my DS (2) waking up covered in blood and then discovering a large ulcerated wound on his tongue. Mentioned that earlier in the year he had some smaller incidents of bleeding from his mouth and we thought they were teething related (he doesn’t stick his tongue out much, never has, and I’d never spotted any injuries).
It’s just healed up. Night before last there was a small amount of blood in a drool stain on his sheet. Last night I woke up to him shouting (not crying) to find blood everywhere again. Gave him some painkillers and sat with him until he settled down. This morning I can see a wound / bruising on the other side of his tongue.
Last time I posted people said I should be concerned because it could be nocturnal seizures. We rushed him to an emergency appointment as the wound looked really nasty and the GP clearly thought I was overreacting and said it would heal on its own and to come back if it didn’t. I asked if it was normal for toddlers to bite their tongue so badly and he sort of shrugged and said they can do.
I’m just thinking this can’t be right can it? He’s never done it during the day so if it was down to a big tongue (which I don’t think he has) or teething wouldn’t it also happen while he was awake? And it’s not a little graze, it’s a big wound on the top and underneath just like before.
Last time he suffered for over a week and was clearly in a lot of pain, drooling a lot.
Should I take him back to the GP? Can’t tell if I’m overreacting or not. This was his sheet this morning.