Contents:
- Medical Video: Nasal Foreign Body Removal Techniques
- Foreign objects that often enter the nose
- What are the signs of a foreign body entering the nose?
- What do you do if you have a foreign object in your nose?
- How to prevent children from inserting foreign objects into the nose?
Medical Video: Nasal Foreign Body Removal Techniques
Young children naturally have a great curiosity or curiosity. Usually they show curiosity by asking questions or by exploring the world around them. One of the dangers that can occur due to the child's curiosity is that they try to put something in the nose. Meanwhile, it is often not dangerous, but can also cause serious nose injury or infection. Then, what should be done if the nose is inserted into a foreign object?
Foreign objects that often enter the nose
Objects that commonly enter the child's nose often, whether intentional or not include small toys, pieces of eraser, gravel, paper, tissue, insects, or small batteries.Small batteries mean what they find on a watch. Without realizing it, this can cause serious injuries to the nose in just four hours.
Children often put foreign objects in their noses out of curiosity, or imitate other children. However, foreign objects can also enter the nose when your child is sleeping, or when they try to sniff or smell objects.
What are the signs of a foreign body entering the nose?
Maybe some children will complain to their parents if someone gets into the nose, or maybe you can find it yourself.
However, there are some of the most common symptoms if the nose is inserted into a foreign object such as:
- The nose becomes dry. This symptom will appear only in the nostrils that are possessed by foreign objects.
- Bad smell on the nose, indicates an infection.
- Bloody nose.
- Sounds like whistles while breathing.
- Nasal congestion makes it difficult to breathe.
What do you do if you have a foreign object in your nose?
If your child's nose enters a foreign object, do a few of these things.
- Do not try to remove foreign objects with cotton or other tools.
- Don't try to breathe in the object by breathing hard. Instead, breathe through your mouth until the object is removed.
- Exhale from the nose where the foreign body is gently inserted, to remove the foreign object. Close one of the nostrils that does not enter a foreign object, then exhale gently again.
- If a foreign object is visible from the outside, try removing it with the help of tweezers. Do not try to remove objects that are not visible or difficult to reach.
- If these methods do not work, immediately contact your doctor.
How to prevent children from inserting foreign objects into the nose?
Even with strict parental supervision, it will be quite difficult to prevent your child from inserting foreign objects into the nose, ears or mouth. However, if you see your child doing this, don't scream or scold him. This makes the child startled and panicked.
Explain slowly to your child what the function of the nose is and why the things they do can be dangerous.
