My 10 year old son was having fever last week. When the fever was not controlled with tylenol, he was taken to hospital and started taking ibuprofen 400mg(36.6kg body weight) 6 hourly. The very next day it was found that his lips and gums and swollen and reddish and with pus here and there. He was taken to the hospital again and is now taking Apo-acyclovir 200mg, 6 hourly. It is the second day after staring the medicine. He is showing difficulty in breathing too. What should be reason for the dental disease? He had no problem with the teeth or gum before. I am concerned about this? Why it happened? How we can take care of the teeth and gum, cleaning, at this time? Please suggest.
The condition of your son at this age is not good and alarms of fungal infection. Fever is due to fungal infection in gums and not the vice versa. Get a full mouth x-ray that is OPG(digital orthopantogram) done of your son. Continue Acyclovir 200\u00a0mg for next 5 days and monitor the changes in the gums. Meanwhile, visit a Periodontist/Periodontist with the OPG as soon as possible. He requires deep scaling and polishing of the gums followed by Chloe mouth rinse twice daily for 1 month. Take adequate nutrition and monitor his dental check up every month for next 3 months. Hope I have helped you.