My son has red swollen gums and has a couple white patches. When i brushed his teeth today his gums began to bleed heavily. He has had a fever between 101.6-103.2 since monday. The fever broke today. I brush his teeth everyday but have not been able to since monday morning when he start to complain of pain. He is 20 months old
Hi. Can understand your concern. Inflammation of gums during teething can also have the following symptoms but the fever more than 101 degrees is alarming and is not mostly caused due to teething. Your kid may have teething symptoms as well as high fever can be due to viral infection while if the patches you described are in the form of small sores it can be Herpes virus infection causing cold sores. Swollen gums along with white patches can occur due to fungal infection known as Thrush, but mostly fever is not a common finding. I would suggest you to consult a Pediatric Dentist and get evaluated as without a proper clinical evaluation diagnosis cannot be made, and treatment plan can be advised accordingly. You can give him Acetaminophen to reduce fever and ice packs over the gums can relieve inflammation, but the complete treatment needs a thorough checkup. Hope this information helps. Thanks and regards.  Chat Doctor. .