What causes white spots and swollen lips in child?
Patient: hi. my 18 month son has single white spots on the inner lips and cheeks also has 3 small sore s on his tongue.has a high tem of 39.2 refusing to eat and cant drink no fluids due to his mouth being sore.....did take him to doctors he said it was hand foot and mouth but the white spots in his mouth was not there when doctor checked him over. could you pleas tell me what theses white spots or and the swollen lips many thanks x Doctor: Hi,White spots on the inner side of the lips could be mouth ulcers. This is also quite common in hand foot mouth disease, so it is the same disease process. The other possibility is that they could be aphthous ulcers.Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards,Dr. Sumanth