blood when teething

[yowlingmonster]

DS is 14 months and over the last three weeks has been in a terrible way with his eye teeth trying to cut. This morning when I changed his cot I noticed that the dribble patches were red tinged and then on the mattress protector underneath the patches definately looked as though there was a small amount of blood in them. Has anyone struck this? He wont let me near them to look and has been double dipping on the nurofen and panadol. Should I take him to a dentist? doctor? or is it normal?

could he have been pulling at his mouth

definately, he has his hands in there permanently at the moment, from what I can see when he is crying there is no obvious source for the blood other than where the teeth are trying to come through which I cant get a good look at.

if hes been pulling a lot he might have just cut himself. the wee girl i look after made her mouth bleed quite a lot by just pulling at her mouth

DS's gums go raw when he teethes and the canines have been the worst of the lot (he's nearly 20mo). His mouth has bled just from teething - it's horrible to see them go through it

As a dentist I can tell you its not in the least bit unusual to find traces of blood during episodes of teething. It can occur due to the edges of the new teeth scrapping on opposing gum, slight trauma to the gum as the tooth cuts through, damage from fingers or nails in the mouth when they are in there so to speak due to the discomfort of the teething process or have even heard of babies making their fingers bleed by chewing on them to try to alleviate the discomfort on their gums. Do try to have a look to check there is no "blood-blister type swellings" around the erupting teeth but otherwise just do the usual teething rings, carrot sticks, gel etc.

thanks all, will stop worrying so much, poor lad is quite beside himself though so I hope that they come through properly soon and give his poor abused mouth a break. What should I do if there are blood blisters NHCICM?

Its basically what is called an eruption cyst. No treatment is necessary. It is basically like when you get a blood blister on, say your finger if you trap it in something but don't split the skin (ie you bleed under the skin, or in this case the gum but it can't come out). Then as the teething process occurs a small amount can leak out. Just use hard teething toys etc and anything you find works to soothe it and it will reso;ve itsself.

When my DD was teething with her first molars she would chew her dummy for comfort. Often at night when her dummy came out she would inadvertantley (sp) end up chewing her cheek. This would wake her & she would have blood on her face & on her sheets.

The eyeteeth are soem of the sharpest teeth to come thru & he may be catching his lip or cheeks in his sleep. When you can, get him to yell & have a quick look around to see if yuo can find any marks that may explain this.

Ive just got back from seeing the dentist about my 18 month old's teething troubles. He has got a cyst from where the tooth is erupting, frightened the life out of me when I saw it!! it is really swollen and purple where it's bleeding under the surface. But the dentist assured me it's ok and to give him something to chew on, which I have to say I wouldn't have done unless she said, and had been giving soft food, as the thought of chewing on the puffy side sounds awfull, but it will help the tooth come through quicker.