Prevention is always better than the cure.....
Did you know that teaching your child to blow their nose properly from a very early age can help prevent Otitis Media.
It is very common in Schools and Early Learning Centres now for the children to do daily nose blowing lessons to help prevent ear problems.
Called the Breathe, Blow, Cough, Chew (crunchy foods) wash Program. (BBCWC)
The BBCCW is a quick routine with the intention of emptying the nose, one nostril at a time, to clear the ears. It includes quick exercise such as jumps & running on the spot and coughing into the elbow (not hands). It also includes crunching apples/carrots/celery etc for fruit break to exercise the eustachian tube.
As well as this it instructs students to focus on nose breathing instead of mouth breathing.
Doing the BBCWC every morning before learning time can benefit every student as they can experience a conductive loss on any given day.
Hearing can be good one day and bad on others- this is a conductive loss. Generally when a child has alot of nasal 'snot' they will not be hearing well that day.
As you know from reading the OTITIS MEDIA TAB ......
Its all about the Eustachian tube........
Called the Breathe, Blow, Cough, Chew (crunchy foods) wash Program. (BBCWC)
The BBCCW is a quick routine with the intention of emptying the nose, one nostril at a time, to clear the ears. It includes quick exercise such as jumps & running on the spot and coughing into the elbow (not hands). It also includes crunching apples/carrots/celery etc for fruit break to exercise the eustachian tube.
As well as this it instructs students to focus on nose breathing instead of mouth breathing.
Doing the BBCWC every morning before learning time can benefit every student as they can experience a conductive loss on any given day.
Hearing can be good one day and bad on others- this is a conductive loss. Generally when a child has alot of nasal 'snot' they will not be hearing well that day.
As you know from reading the OTITIS MEDIA TAB ......
Its all about the Eustachian tube........
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 Blow each nostril seperately to truely clear your nose.
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 Handwashing/ sanitising to stop the spread of germs
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 Take your child to the Doctor when they have an ear infection |
 Complete the entire course of antibiotics |