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Top 10 Things Kids Stick Up Their Noses
Popular objects parents and pediatricians coax out of nostrils
Curious babies explore their bodies, and nostrils are no exception. We got nosy about baby behavior and consulted Dr. Laura A. Jana, MD, a pediatrician, childcare center owner, mom of three kids, and author of Food Fights: Winning the Nutrition Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup. Here, she explains the top items stuck, the real risk factors, and how you can help your little one—and have a good laugh afterward.
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One minute he's coloring, the next he's crying. Imagine the shock on one teenage babysitter's face when she realized what caused the dried blood on her 2-year-old charge's nose: He had stashed in his schnoz a broken piece of a yellow crayon.
Tip: Blowing gently out one nostril and being carefully prodded with a tweezer proved useless for this little boy, so off to the emergency room he went. Having a "foreign body" (anything unnatural) stuck in an orifice may lead to irritation and infection, warns the National Institutes of Health. Doctors and ear-nose-throat specialists typically treat more severe cases with drainage or suction.
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