Source: Mom's Handbook (ID: jqfans)
Author: Morning Mom
There is a child in Fifi's class, Luo Luo, who has a cold at home these days, and suddenly there is a "small action", and the anxious mother asks for help from parents in the group.
I have to say that this parent who thinks of otitis media from scratching his ear, his safety awareness is really very high.
When a child has a cold, it is often accompanied by some small actions, such as scratching the ears, picking the nose, sighing and so on.
These seemingly inconspicuous little actions are likely to be children "asking for help" from you!
If parents lack scientific awareness, it is easy to miss these small signals of their children's illness, resulting in more serious consequences.
In today's article, McCard explains the reasons behind the "small actions" of children's illness one by one, and teaches parents how to identify and prevent them.
Parents must check one by one to prevent their children from being hurt more.
Shake your head frequently and scratch your ears
Children like Luo Luo, who suddenly scratch their ears frequently, are actually very common.
Some time ago, the blogger @Tangyuan Mommy Cute shared the baby Tangyuan's illness on Weibo.
The cute Tangyuan baby got otitis media and also underwent surgery, but fortunately he was very brave throughout the whole process.
Tangyuan Mommy also took this opportunity to remind everyone: if you find that the baby repeatedly scratches his ears, you must not ignore it, it is likely to be the trouble caused by otitis media!
Otitis media is often clinically presented with tenderness in the ear area, a feeling of swelling or blockage in the ear, hearing loss, and tinnitus.
Children often present with hearing loss or lack of concentration, accompanied by systemic symptoms such as fever, headache, fatigue, and loss of appetite.
In addition, there will be water in the ear like small tangyuan, swelling of the eardrum, and symptoms accompanied by yellow secretion.
Why does otitis media prefer children?
You know, our normal adult nasopharynx and ears are connected, and the passage from the nasopharynx to the middle ear is called the Eustachian tube.
The eustachian tube of children is relatively short, and it is wide and straight, and pathogens and secretions can easily pass through the Eustachian tube into the middle ear, causing acute inflammation.
Parents should not underestimate otitis, which is not only very torturous for children, but also prefers to "add fuel to the fire".
Why describe it as "pouring oil on fire"?
Because otitis media is specifically selected when the child has a cold, tonsil inflammation or acute infectious disease.
Think about it, originally the child's cold and illness is already weak, dizzy and uncomfortable, the patronage of otitis media is easy to be ignored by parents, mistakenly thinking that it is still a symptom of cold discomfort.
So the child's frequent scratching of the ear is really a distress signal.
In addition to frequent ear scratching, the child's sudden preference for shaking his head is also a warning.
Children with otitis media tend to have hearing loss, but sometimes the head position changes are perceptible hearing improvement, so some children will shake their heads frequently and hear the sound through the change of head position.
Children often have difficulty expressing their physical condition, and parents need to find these small details in time and help them find the cause of the disease and treat them in time.
Morning moms also need to remind all dads not to smoke around their children and to quit cigarettes as much as possible.
Because according to scientific surveys:
"78% of children with otitis media come from second-hand smokers."
More important than treatment is prevention.
For the sake of children's health, I hope that all men can quit smoking in time and give children a pure and harmless environment.
Long sigh
At the end of 2021, there was a more touching news.
There is a boy Zeze in Zoucheng, Jining, who suddenly developed myocarditis on November 23, but five medical staff from Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University rushed to the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical College to perform ECMO surgery for Zeze and transferred to the hospital for treatment.
At present, the indicators of Zeze's body have returned to normal and have been transferred to the surgical ward, and the father of the child has published a newspaper thanking these medical staff.
Recalling the situation that night, the child's father sighed: "The child died nine times in his life, it was they who saved the child from the line of life and death..."
Nine deaths, the terrible extent of myocarditis in children is obvious.
When the symptoms of myocarditis erupt, the situation is often critical, and once the treatment is not timely, the consequences are unimaginable.
Can't it be prevented in advance?
Logically, of course, it is possible, but very few people can detect it in time in the early stages of the disease.
Because most of the symptoms of sick children are neither typical nor prominent, they may only manifest colds, fevers, fatigue, and abdominal pain, which make it difficult for you to connect with the heart.
Abnormalities may only be detected if the electrocardiogram is specifically examined during the physical examination.
Sometimes, it is found even when dilated cardiomyopathy or severe arrhythmias develop, which often delays the optimal treatment period.
For our children, they simply cannot detect physical discomfort in time, let alone accurately express it to adults, so the disease is often missed.
So does myocarditis really have no upfront symptoms?
Of course not.
There was a news story.
A 4-year-old girl who is usually lively and active is cute, suddenly for a period of time always sighs, but also becomes not fond of moving, playing for a little while to say tired, walk a few steps to let hug.
Parents showed that they felt that the child had become squeamish, did not care too much, as a result, a few days later, the child's small face suddenly changed color, the headache was unbearable, to the hospital for examination, diagnosed with pediatric viral myocarditis.
In fact, many parents have heard the saying that "long sigh" is used as the criterion for judging myocarditis, which is actually reasonable.
Patients with myocarditis often have palpitations and chest tightness, and long sighs can effectively alleviate the situation of chest tightness in children.
If the child suddenly and often sighs for a period of time, parents need to pay attention.
We need to be patient to ask the child whether there are symptoms of poor breathing, weak limbs, dizziness, and always pay attention to whether the child has fever and diarrhea.
If the child has no other symptoms, just a long sigh, then there is no need to panic, just keep observing.
However, once the child sighs and fever, fatigue, dizziness and other symptoms occur simultaneously, it is necessary to take the child to the hospital for examination in time to avoid missing the best treatment period.
Pick your nose and blow your nose
Runny nose is the most common symptom when a child catches a cold.
If you have a nose in your nose, a snot, or a poor breath, your child will like to stick out your little finger and button it up and down your nose.
In fact, this small action is also a hidden danger.
A little boy in Hunan suffered from "cellulitis" because he dug his nostrils, resulting in severe redness and swelling of his face and symptoms of high fever.
The sides of the root of the nose and the area of the mouth are dangerous triangles, and frequent nose gouging can lead to inflammation, which can lead to intracranial infection.
And there are many bacteria on the fingers, often deep into the nasal cavity, which will also increase the risk of infection.
In addition to runny nose with colds, children often pick their noses, which may also be a manifestation of allergic rhinitis, which needs to be paid attention to by parents.
Allergic rhinitis in children is often accompanied by symptoms of itchy nose, nasal congestion, and runny nose, and some children are caused by foreign objects such as dust, hair, and bacteria.
Nose itch, the child will unconsciously want to cut, we not only have to take the child in time to treat, eliminate the symptoms, but also to maintain the child's hand hygiene, in case we can't see, the child hides "big cut".
What is more worrying is that not only is picking the nose harmful, but the child's wrong nose blowing can also cause disease.
Morning Mom first asked everyone, how do you usually blow your nose?
Do you press down on one nostril and force the other, or squeeze both nostrils and squeeze them hard at the same time?
If you're in the latter, you're dead wrong.
When blowing the nose, the action of blocking the two nostrils together is very dangerous, and the most likely cause is otitis media!
The right way to blow your nose
Press your fingers against one side of your nostrils, and with a little force, the snot from the other nostrils will naturally be blown out.
Then use the same method to blow the other side.
If the snot is not easy to blow out, do not use too much force, you can use children's nasal wash salts, nasal inhalers, etc., to help nasal ventilation.
Scratching ears, sighing, and picking noses, each of which looks like a small, inconspicuous action, but in fact, it is a signal for the child's body to "ask for help" outward.
As parents, we must be familiar with the potential harm behind these small actions, maintain good observation, timely prevention and treatment, and protect the health of children.
Don't let a momentary negligence harm your child's life!
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