Patient's question:
My child is 5 years old and loves to grind their teeth during naps at night. What could be the reason? Is it a medical condition?Past treatment history and effectiveness: No family history of this condition.
The kind of help I am seeking: I would like to know how to treat it.
Doctor's answer:
1. Intestinal parasitic diseases, especially ascariasis, are quite common in children;2. Gastrointestinal diseases, oral diseases;
3. Feeding young children with foods that are difficult to digest before bedtime may affect additional parts of the brain after they take a nap, leading to sustained contraction of the masseter muscle through nerves;
4. Neurological diseases, such as psychomotor epilepsy, hysteria, etc.;
5. Emotional factors in children during the day, such as excessive excitement, fatigue, or tension.