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The 3-year-old nephew followed his mother back from the city to the countryside to play, and her mother saw that the leaves on the toon tree were fresh and could be picked and used. So my mother went to pick the leaves, and my nephew played on the side and had a lot of fun.
At night, the nephew began to feel uncomfortable, and when he touched it, his head was very hot and feverish; at first glance, the side of his nose was also swollen; the nephew was always sneezing, very seriously. Mom thinks that there are many people with colds and fevers these days, and nephews will not be infected, right? Quickly took him to the hospital, the doctor used a thermometer to measure the nephew's body temperature, more than 39 degrees, sure enough, it was a fever.
In order to quickly reduce the fever and alleviate the swelling and pain of the nose, the doctor hung a hanging bottle for his nephew and instructed his mother to come to the hanging bottle for 3 days.
After the injection, my mother led my nephew home. When the nephew was playing, he may feel an itchy nose, and suddenly he sneezed a big sneeze and a small thing fell out of his nostrils.
Mom picked it up and looked at it, it was a small branch on a toon tree, the shape was not very regular, almost a triangle. It turned out that when the nephew was playing by the toon tree, he picked up a small branch from the ground, was very curious, and stuffed him in his nostrils.
The branches are stuck in the nephew's nostrils, and they can't get in or out, so the nose will be swollen. Because the nose is swollen, it causes inflammation and infection leads to fever. As a result, everyone thought it was a fever caused by a cold, and the nostrils were not checked, resulting in a wrong judgment. The mother said: Hey, the child is not sick, this is a shot in vain. Later, he did not go to the hospital, and his nephew jumped alive again.
The child stuffs something into his nostrils and generally does not tell the parent because he does not know that it is wrong. Until the child has an abnormality in the body, always sneezing, always runny nose, snot and smelly, etc., parents will not realize that there is a problem. Some parents will make the wrong handling, and some parents will be aware of it.
A little girl sneezed more than once a day, and her mother thought she had a cold and gave her cold medicine for two days. Once, when I was blowing her nose, I found a small Lego part blown out. After that, I didn't sneeze, and I didn't have a cold at all, but when I got a cold, I treated it for two days.
A small child had a pin in his nostrils, and after a few days, the parents noticed something in their nostrils and took the child to the hospital. When I went to the hospital, I found that the pin was open and inserted into the sinus opening of the maxillary sinus, which could only be removed by general anesthesia.
The children stuffed their nostrils with new heights, and there were all kinds of things. Cut very small shiitake mushrooms, peach peels, diced carrots, instant noodle residue, toilet paper, flower buds, sponges, plastic beads, soybeans, fish eyes, peanuts, cotton, coin cell batteries, car lights and so on. The advantage is that children will generally only plug one nostril, if you put it into two, it will be more troublesome.
Nasal cavity into foreign body, may appear breathing function is not smooth problems, may also scratch the nasal bleeding, infection, long-term non-removal is also easy to lead to rhinitis or nasal polyps consequences. If inhaled backwards continues, it can cause a foreign body in the airway, require surgical removal and even cause suffocation. Therefore, it is found that the child has stuffed something into the nostrils and should be removed in time.
If you find that the child has stuffed something into his nostrils, the best way is to go to the hospital in time, do not easily help the child take it out, and do not let the child cut it himself. Some parents want to use cotton swabs or other slender tools to remove the foreign body, and the foreign body is stuffed more and more inward, and even enters the trachea.
There was a neighbor's child, when he was three or four years old, put peanut rice into his nostrils, and pushed his fingers into it, but he resisted, his nose was not ventilated, and the child cried and screamed. Later, he was rushed to the hospital and quickly removed with the help of a doctor before turning the crisis into safety.
There was a little boy Xiao Hao who stuffed soybeans into his nostrils, and his mother and grandmother helped him take the soybeans with small tweezers that pulled out their eyebrows, and the soybeans pushed more and more in, and they also bleed. Mom hurriedly sent Xiao Hao to the emergency department. In the end, because the soybeans were too deep in the nasal cavity, Xiao Hao had to be treated surgically.
If a foreign body is found in the child's nostrils early, a simple method can be used to deal with it urgently: hold down the side nostril without the foreign body, and the father or mother wraps the child's mouth with his mouth, blows a breath inward, and the foreign body blows out of the nostrils.
"0-6 years old sensitive period, the key to determining the child's life" said that around the age of 3 children will enter the space sensitive period, interested in things with holes, like to stuff things into the inside, this is the need to explore space. The child can stuff things into a hole, indicating that the child's hand is flexible enough, and this action is to build the assembly ability of the hand.
Montessori believed that there were two things related to human intelligence, one was the tongue and the other was the hand. When a child is free to use his hands, the hands are instruments of his wisdom.
When the child inserts the foreign body into the nostrils with his hand, he is improving the movement ability of his hand, exercising the coordination of his hands and eyes, and exercising the small muscles of his hands to build his concentration.
Although we are distressed by this behavior of the child, we should also be happy, and the child begins to develop his wisdom. We understand that children have this characteristic, so we must take some protective measures to prevent children from stuffing foreign bodies into their nostrils.
✦ Avoid kids playing with small particles of objects
Children around the age of 3 are not suitable for playing with small particle toys, partly because the flexibility of his hands has not yet reached this level, on the other hand, because he is too curious, like to put small particles in the mouth, nostrils or into any place with small holes, a little attention will occur.
In addition, avoid giving your child small particles of food alone, such as peanuts, melon seeds, hazelnuts, raisins, pomegranate seeds, etc.
When giving food to your child, prepare some large granules. Children around the age of 3 can eat large grains of food, there is no need to cut into very small cubes. Like cucumbers, carrots, apples, etc., directly provide large pieces, the child will not be able to stuff into the nostrils.
✦ Always pay attention to your child's movements
In the process of taking the child, be sure to observe the child to prevent the child from picking up some small things and putting them in the mouth or nostrils.
When the child reaches about 1 and a half years old, he will enter the sensitive period of small things, like to pick up some small things, and at the same time like to explore, use his mouth to perceive, use his nostrils to feel. If you do not pay attention to your child's movements, it is very dangerous.
Every child will go through such a stage, parents should be mentally prepared, precautionary, can not let the child leave their sight. If you really want to leave your child alone in a place for a few minutes, put your child in a safe position, there are no small particles, no sharp objects, no children climbing to high places, etc.
✦ Set a good example
Some adults may have the habit of picking nostrils, some with their hands, some with cotton swabs, some with paper clips, and these actions of adults are very bad examples for children. The child's ability to imitate is super powerful, and if the parents always do this, the child will follow the law and one day study the nostrils in these ways. The child's control ability is not so strong, and he hurts himself in the process of research.
Parents understand the characteristics of their children's growth and development, be more careful, and set a good example for their children, which will control many risks.
@ Condensed Mother's Enlightenment: If you find that your child's nose is swollen, runny nose, and sneezing, then you should pay attention, don't always think that your child is sick with a cold, but think more about it, observe whether there is a foreign body in your child's nostrils, make a more accurate judgment, avoid delaying treatment, diagnosing errors, and making children less guilty.
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