Nature is designed so that a person can breathe both through the nose and through the mouth. However, the question is that the choice made by a person directly affects his health.
Passing through the nasal passages, inhaled through the nose air, warmed, moistened, and also cleaned of dust. If the child often breathes his mouth, he does not get enough oxygen, there is a violation of normal gas exchange of blood, resulting in the baby may have anemia or chronic hypoxia. In addition, this direction of breathing in the street contributes to the penetration of cold air into the lungs, which leads to an inflammation of the respiratory tract. In addition, if a child sleeps with an open mouth, all inhaled dirt and dust freely enters the lungs and the respiratory system remains defenseless, and the baby wakes up with a feeling of dryness in the mouth and in the throat.
What should I do if my baby is breathing?
Initially, it is necessary to find the reason, which is actually quite a lot:
- One of the most common reasons why a child breathes his mouth is the likelihood that his nose is stuffy and he has a cold. In this case, everything should be done so that the baby can restore his normal breathing as quickly as possible.
- If a child sleeps without a pillow and his head is thrown back, it can also cause the baby's mouth to open during sleep. To solve this problem it will be enough to just put a small pillow under your head.
- However, sometimes the reasons may not be so inoffensive. Constantly broken breathing can talk about the presence of certain diseases, such as adenoids in a child, chronic rhinitis, an increase in palatine tonsils. But it should be noted that these diseases are more a consequence of nasal breathing disorders than the original cause and require special medical treatment.
How to disaccustom a child to breathe with his mouth?
If after eliminating the causes of nasal breathing, the baby retains the old habit, in such cases, the child must be taught to breathe again through the nose. In the absence of pathologies, an effective means of training the tone of the circular muscles of the mouth and the restoration of nasal breathing is the vestibular plate and elastic trainer. These simple means a child should use during the day 2 times for half an hour, and also wear overnight.