Otitis media is a common ear disease in infants and young children. Recently, some experts believe that improper breastfeeding posture by mothers can also cause otitis media in children.
The human ear is divided into three parts: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The middle ear is a relatively closed air cavity. Only the front wall has a small tube called the Eustachian tube leading to the pharynx.Usually, the outlet of this tube in the nasopharynx is compressed by the surrounding tissues and is airtight, and no outside air can enter.When swallowing, chewing, sneezing or crying, the Eustachian tube opens instantly to maintain the middle ear
The internal and external air pressure is balanced.Because the ear development of infants and young children is not perfect, the eustachian tube is short, and the muscle contraction force of the eustachian tube is weak, the fluid from the nasopharynx can easily flow into the middle ear. Therefore, children are more likely to suffer from otitis media than adults.
Analysis: Because of the anatomical characteristics of infant ears, many young mothers now have insufficient parenting experience. If the feeding posture is improper, such as holding the baby horizontally to feed, letting the baby lie down and eat, the mouth of the baby bottle is too open.It’s easy to make milk flow into the middle ear of the child along the Eustachian tube, because the Eustachian tube of infants and young children is short, wide and straight. If the breastfeeding position is not appropriate, especially when crying, such as Sucking on your back, milk or vomit will flow into the middle ear through the Eustachian tube, causing otitis media.
To prevent otitis media, the correct breastfeeding posture is very important.If sitting and breastfeeding, the mother should pick up the baby on her lap, raise one leg on the breastfeeding side with a small stool, hold the baby obliquely in her arms, take the head high and the feet low; , The baby should be placed on one side of the body, and the upper body of the child should be slightly supported with arms or pillows.No matter which posture is adopted, after feeding the baby, hold the baby upright, rest his head on the mother’s shoulder, and pat his back with his hand for 2-3 minutes, so that the baby will breathe in the air while feeding. Discharge through hiccups to avoid spitting up milk and causing milk to flow into the ears.In addition, parents should also pay special attention to the fact that nasal mucus from a child’s cold can easily flow into the middle ear through the Eustachian tube, causing otitis media. Therefore, you should avoid blowing your nose vigorously to prevent otitis media when you have a cold.If the child is accidentally infected, he should use sufficient antibiotics or sulfa drugs to control the infection as soon as possible, and stop the drug until the symptoms subsided 5 to 7 days, so as to be completely cured. Do not stop the drug after the symptoms subsided to avoid chronic otitis media.
Heredity is the main cause of congenital deafness
Analysis: Some data show that the incidence of congenital deafness accounts for about 50% of deaf people in my country, while hereditary deafness accounts for about 85% of congenital deafness.Among them, 70% of patients with hereditary deafness are consanguineous marriages.In some welfare factories, due to intermarriage of deaf patients, most of their offspring have become carriers of hereditary deafness or deafness genes.
Countermeasures: To reduce hereditary deafness, we should strictly implement: it is absolutely forbidden to marry close relatives; it is not suitable for people with congenital genetic deafness to marry; if a person with congenital genetic deafness is married to a non-genetic acquired deaf person or a normal person, the first child is a congenital deaf child. Under the guidance of a doctor, decide whether to have another child; young men and women with deafness should go through genetic counseling on deafness to determine whether they have family inheritance.However, a person who is genetically deaf can marry a person who is not genetically deaf or a normal person.
